Does anyone know of a site that helps you quit smoking through buddhist meditation techniques?
my self atman would appreciate it.
Answer: Buddhists most expected would say anatman, or 'no-self.' Meaning, there is no intrinsically existent self that exists beyond the collection of parts i.e. named "joe." Well, what does that mean? It method that when "your parts" came together, smoking wasn't part of you. Likewise, you can stop whenever you settle on to. One thing you can do is stop buying cigarettes. Another is stop touching cigarettes. Another is not having cigarettes and lighters or match together in your hands. Another is not putting dry cigarettes surrounded by your mouth. Another is doing something else when you feel you "have" to smoke a cigarette. If any of these aren't cutting it for you, guess about this. If you can not smoke for six to eight hours (say, while sleeping) then at hand is nothing preventing you from stopping anytime you decide to stop. Just don't do it. Further, you can look at an print of the Conqueror Shakyamuni Buddha and try though you might, you will not see a cigarette anywhere near his hands or mouth. That you would telephone call yourself a Buddhist means you seek safe place in not only the Teacher but what he skilled and that true paths would lead to cessation; so, if you would want to stop hitting your thumb near a hammer, you would first have to move your thumb. Or, put down the sledge hammer. Or, not have your finger near where on earth the hammer strikes. Hitting your finger with a sledge hammer is a result of these other conditions all being present - removing any one of them removes the result. Likewise, if you remove the cigarettes you can't smoke them. In more subtle analysis, in attendance are no cigarettes; there is just your craving. Let the second cigarette you smoked be your last cigarette. Just don't do it. Sit down and meditate for five minutes instead. If you used to smoke a pack of cigarettes a day - and instead immediately meditate for five minutes twenty times a day, you would be well on your process to developing a fairly strong mindfulness which could be directed at any virtuous raise objections of observation at will and then, you would be powerfully on your way - away from smoking and into something useful close to Dharma practice. Best wishes to you! (By the way, I used to smoke like a fish, so it can be done!).
Sorry I don't know roughly speaking these meditation techniques but I know there is a special acupressure/acupuncture point within each ear. Those points are the special points to treat a person for any sort of "dependency'. I have shown it to a lot of empire and it does work. Try to find a book or ask an acupressurist to show you where these points are and then you can freshly do it yourself whenever you feel like it and as masses times as you want. Just make sure you also apply pressure as soon as you feel close to having a cigaret .It is important that, after you hold applied hard pressure with your fingers for nearly 10 secs, you release the pressure very very slowly (3 secs). I enjoy never been a smoker, but I have see how superhard it is for people to quit. I knew an abbot of a zen monastery that smoked for years. He would jump out behind his own monastery to grab a smoke. lol
I would say-so that you really should look at all the other resources that are out there to support you quit - but use Buddhism as your source of strength to help you through it. There are some good books out in that on Buddhism and addictions. (Link below)
In terms of some variety of natural technique - I'd say look to Yoga. An initial google hunt shows me a lot of resources out there roughly using yoga to help quit smoking. I think this is in part because yoga emphasizes physical health, and also have techniques to help you gain that good healthy nouns into your lungs.
Good luck.
-DaveK