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Unconscious processes in the human body operate independently of consciousness. When a person’s consciousness is inactive (during sleep, prostration, hypnosis, or under the influence of psychoactive substances), the unconscious continues to function and ensure the body’s functioning.

A person strives to influence their unconscious actions through consciousness. However, its capabilities are limited.

For example, a person cannot, by willpower, stop the beating of the heart or stop the digestion of food in the stomach.

A person can stop some unconscious actions by willpower, for example, the unconscious movements of an arm or leg. However, a person cannot directly change the unconscious actions of an arm or leg through consciousness. Various types of psychotherapy make it possible to indirectly correct the programs of a person’s unconscious actions.

The uniqueness of the human respiratory system, which is used in Vipassana meditation, lies in the fact that it maintains a continuous connection between consciousness and the unconscious.

A person can hold their breath for thirty seconds or more. But then the unconscious breathing process will resume, despite the efforts of consciousness to resist it.

Through this continuous connection between consciousness and the unconscious, a person can change the programs of unconscious breathing. The characteristics of unconscious breathing, such as breathing rate, are directly linked to a person’s emotional experiences and mental suffering.

By maintaining complete balance in the body and mind, observing bodily sensations patiently and nonjudgmentally, a person can reduce the degree of their emotional suffering or completely free themselves from it, regardless of the stressful situations that arise in life. Vipassana meditation, developed by Gautama Buddha, is designed to achieve this goal.

Vipassana meditation is unique in that the results of the meditation are achieved without the meditator’s words, in a state of complete silence. Therefore, the Vipassana technique is applicable to the general public, with any level of education, and even without.

The only requirement for the meditator is to understand and follow the meditation instructions given by a Vipassana meditation teacher.