[invasuant]

interesting...i can see how that could be effective.

i have meditated on and off for years applying different methods of concentration to interupt habitual thought patterns.

i have settled on simple "awareness".
sitting for 20 minutes, twice a day...and becoming "aware".

explain?
just become aware of whatever it is your aware of.
it really is that simple.
if a thought arises, good or bad, just be aware of it and anything else you experience because of this thought or thoughts.
always come back to simply being "aware".
once you do this long enough, you then begin to become much more "aware" of your "awareness".
and this is where the bliss begins to enter into your experience, and also where the fun begins.

from there it just gets better and pretty much indesrcibable.
always coming back to "awareness".

glad to hear your meditating.