Yes, this is the method of no-method. Attaining non-attaining. So, a little different from the other kinds of meditation you name. Ultimately, one finds that there is such which cannot be "returned to" nor ever "departed from". We are not trying to attain some special or unusual state but, by allowing the thoughts to still a bit and clear a bit, one realizes what what present all along.
Yesterday, I posted a short film of a Buddha snow globe. Suppose one were searching for the Buddha or the lovely water ...
By allowing the thoughts and emotions to settle a bit, one finds the Buddha present all along, the clear water which was present all along as they slowly emerge. They never went away somewhere, were always present right before one's eyes never truly hidden. However, that is not all, for one also discovers that the Buddha was beautifully reflected in each shining snowflake of thought, that the water was brought to life in the ripples even when not settled ... thus there really was not need to clear the thoughts at all! To the Wise Eye, all was Clear Flowing Buddha all along, settling or no settling, snowing or not snowing. Understand?
Thus, one settles the thoughts as a beginner but, to the advanced practitioner, Buddha Clarity is not a matter of settled thoughts or no settled thoughts (for always present and always seen even as the snow). There was really nothing to settle and clear, for all is Settled and Clear from the startless start, each twirling snowflake and rippling drop of water is Buddha too. Understand?
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