I had my first Minecraft meditation in months today. For those of you new to the concept, a Minecraft meditation is in some ways the opposite of mindfulness meditation. In the Minecraft meditation the idea is to separate the mind from the body and allow your brain to slip into parts of the Brahmavih?ras. Specifically, this form of meditation helps me to experience metta and strive towards upekkha.
This is pretty heady stuff for Minecraft. Yet the crafting is what makes it go. A Minecraft meditation requires the game and an audio dharma talk to go with it. The crafting gives my body and senses something to do. I dig holes. The present iteration of this has me digging towards the 0, 15, 0 coordinates on the map, so I can erect King’s Dark Tower on the spot and surround it with roses. While my body digs I am also listening to the Dharma talk and it is shifting me into a highly reflective state. In this state I can reflect on my life and the universe I live in. I find peace and happiness with my body locked into the repetition of the action and my mind freed up to consider the profound.