This is a guided meditation on the soft butter method introspective meditation as detailed by Zen Master Hakuin. It was taught to Hakuin as he was suffering from "Zen sickness" (exhaustion) caused by over-exertion and extreme austerities.
For more details on the background and context of this meditation, please see this article extracted from Hakuin's autobiography.

https://buddhismnow.com/2015/09/12/ze...
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