Thought Numbering Meditation

Thought Numbering Meditation

1. In this meditation, for becoming thoughtless, thoughts are destroyed by giving sequential numbers. Begin the meditation by watching every thought.
2. Now start numbering every thought. As soon as one thought arises, number it in your mind as ‘one’. As the second thought arises, number it as ‘two.’ In this way, continue counting the thoughts.
3. Sit quietly even when there are no thoughts. If this thought arises that, “At this time I don’t have any thought”, then number this thought also because, “I don’t have any thought” is also a thought.
4. Don’t follow any thought. Just number it and leave it.
5. With this meditation, the number of thoughts will reduce drastically. Sometimes even a thoughtless state will result. Practice this meditation regularly without expecting a given result.