# meditation technique
- a [[process]].
  - I meditate 10 minutes on [[waking up]], and then 5 or 10 more most days in the evening.
	- #pull [[samatha]] [[vipassana]] [[buddha nature]]
	- [[breath is the palace of buddha]]
  - #push [[numbers]]
    - While meditating I sometimes do variations on [[box breathing]] combined with [[counting]].
      - It's maybe a bit idiosyncratic but it helps me focus; I'll write more about it in this node.
      - It's important to let go of the process after a while, instead of becoming [[attached]] to the counting.
    - While I [[breathe]], I sometimes visualize a box.
      - I started by using [[single time]] to count with the help of this box.
        - On breathing in, I count and optionally visualize a number inside or near the box as I go up the leftmost edge.
        - On not yet breathing out, I go right through the upper edge.
        - On breathing out, I go down the rightmost edge.
          - While I do this, optionally, I [[factorize]] the number or evaluate it according to some well known function.
          - If the number is known to be prime, optionally, I calculate its multiples until I start another breath.
            - If some multiple is known to be interesting, I stop there and make a mental note of where I stopped.
            - [[119]] is known to be interesting, for example, because it was the first multiple of [[17]] which I found interesting in one particular run through this process.
              - It was the first number that I couldn't decide as prime or composite based on some procedure simpler than knowing it was a multiple of 17.
      - On occasion I find it useful to [[double time]].
        - That means, to count up both when [[inhaling]] and [[exhaling]].
        - This can feel more engaging, which makes it easier to maintain focus.
        - It also lets one make use of our body's natural [[parity bit]]: breathing in and out follow each other like odd and even numbers.
        - I start counting at one, so odd numbers happen when inhaling and even numbers when exhaling.
        - Interesting noting related to a number takes place on two consecutive edges.