Spiritual_Programmer

This is exactly what I needed, thank you so much

Is there anything deeper or more advanced to zen meditation than focusing on your breath and centering your attention/awareness?

I have been practicing zen meditation for a couple months with long sessions (20-40 minutes), and sometimes I feel stagnate. As if I have stood apart from my thoughts to a high degree and then dont know what to do. Should I simply continue to observe? Is there a deeper technique or direction I should be going once most of my thoughts have distanced themselves from me?

The few times I have felt a complete presence of being apart from thoughts, I never know how to process that experience, which usually brings thoughts rushing back about how unique and bewildering that experience was.

Thanks!