Object-based Meditation Versus Objectless Meditation
QUESTION 1: What is the effect/consequence of meditating in such a vague way? Of simply attending to consciousness without an ongoing object of focus?


Consequences might be that unity of mind cannot happen since there is no object to focus attention on, meaning e.g. Vitakka and Vichara, cannot happen.

Insight-meditationally speaking, without an object to attend to, I don't see how insights could arise.


  QUESTION 2: Would such a way of contemplating actually decrease focus and energy (virya) in some cases?


It might block the (seven) Enlighenment Factors from arising.