Depth
Depth is meant to figuratively dissect the mind, and its conditioning, through meditative surgery. It is like moving from reactive efforts to proactive efforts to shore up a sinking boat that is your ego (Hint: ultimately you’ll let it sink). By no longer being reactive to the pushes and pulls of your ego/programming, you start to become liberated. No longer the slave to your mind.
This is like accessing the "Task Manager" of your mind's computer, seeing what processes are running and closing what is not necessary. Seeing what is minimally needed to run your computer. As you go deeper, you realize what this minimum is. You start up each day with less and less clutter of thoughts, beliefs and conditioning (programing). You go through your everyday life more easily seeing the arising of these thoughts and programs that are unnecessary. Closing them out as they arise with neutrality. Eventually this gets automated by your subconscious. A depth of ability.
Got depth?
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Phase 1
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Step 1: Sensory Inputs
Have you experienced silence, stillness? Try to create what you think this is.
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Step 2: Posture
Getting this right is more significant than you think. It is like balancing the rocks of your spine with a large head size bolder on the top. It is a dance of soft correction to achieve a straight-ish spine continuously while not burning out your knees and cutting off circulation.
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Step 3: Determination Strength
Strong determination is crucial in sitting meditation, as it allows practitioners to navigate the inevitable discomfort and distractions that arise.
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Step 4: Sit Your Mind
Seeing your mind's actions may help you to see it's true nature. The mind is rarely in the present. Often it is avoiding thoughts, emotions, sensations or desiring certain sensations. Becoming aware of this is the first step and the second is intervening with this format.
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Phase 2
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Phase 3
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Phase 4