Why move from this? You say you must practice mindfulness, repeat your mantra, raise your kundalini, or center on your chakras. My only question is, "Why move from this"?
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When you are told to pause a thought, you aren't being instructed to stop your thinking. (Well, at least not by credible teachers.) Just notice that before the next thought appears, there is a bare spaciousness directly before or within you. Now relax into it. It is that simple.
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Every single time you meditate, you are doing the very opposite of what will help you to discover who and what you are.
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One of the glorious things about awareness is that it is something upon which you are already gazing. All you need to do is to perceive its immediacy and fullness, or to see that there is not one individual person in existence.
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By giving emphasis to your thinking, you give sustenance to the idea that you are, somehow, your lofty thoughts and concepts. But the mind cannot exist by itself. Thus, there must be some presence even greater than it. See that there is something in which your thoughts are arising. It is sheer, timeless, and ever-peaceful. It is your natural state.
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The most esteemed teachers of all ages--from Buddha and Huang Po to Shankara and Nisargadatta--all point to one thing: Pure, nonconceptual awareness. Don't get waylaid by divisive commentaries and tangled spiritual concepts. "Looking within, finding stillness"--that, said Buddha, is the "sweet joy" of existence.
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