Re: Serious questions relating to having eyes closed in meditation
BloodyRose,
Good..so many questions . The purpose of meditation is to control the mind so try not to do anything consciously except observing your breath going in and out at the area of nostrils. Like you said you will see blackness .. let it be you can't avoid...and after sometime you will see different colours.. weird psychedelic designs.. if you are persistent. It's better to avoid chanting or thinking of an image as chanting will bring your deity or something into your vision and this will further lead to series of images and you will lose control of your mind. So it's always good to avoid all things and observe only breath.
In the beginning you are supposed to consciously observe breath going in and out and as you advance (once you have many hundreds of hours of quality meditation) it will happen so easily that you don't even think you are doing it consciously. Also don't count the breaths as your mind can't do efficiently both counting and observing the breath one takes precedence over the other. Meditation is about to calm the mind and experience the reality.
Also check this video.. it's a good start
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0rSmxsVHPE
But if you are interested in some serious meditation..check dhamma.org and attend a 10day course. It surely is beneficial.
Good luck
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