If you’re reading this then a big fat congratulations is in order as you’ve most likely decided to take your first step towards being awesome and feeling awesome.
Contained in this blog entry is instruction and guidance on how to carry out a simple yet fundamental practice which will provide an exciting foundation for your breakthrough journey.
Whatever the nature of our perceived challenges, the undesirable experiences that they produce have one thing in common...an over identification with the ‘egoic mind’. Ironically this is the narrow, fiercely analytical and distorted part of our psyche which works tirelessly trying to understand and solve all of our problems! What’s more, is that in the process we can become convinced that ‘it’ is all there is to us and our reality... Newsflash! You are so much more than this! Before we get this little tinker under control, let’s look at some of the outcomes you can expect from carrying out this simple introductory practice.
A calmer and more tranquil mind.
An increased feeling of self love, security, optimism and possibility.
Significantly reduced stress / anxiety.
Increased connectedness with your true self.
Efficient emotional regulation.
Increased energy and ability to focus.
More compassion for self and others.
A more joyful and exciting moment by moment experience of life.
Let’s get started...
Step 1: Find a comfortable place to sit where you won’t be disturbed. Put your phone on silent or away and make sure you have at least 5 minutes to yourself. Sit fairly upright but nothing strenuous, just don’t slump. Sitting crossed legged on the sofa works fine. Rest your arms in a comfortable position.
Step 2: Close your eyes and chill out for a sec. Take a few deep breaths and settle down a bit. This is your time. You’ll most likely notice your breathing slow and stabilise here.
Step 3: Gently rest your attention on your breath for the next 5 minutes.
Step 4: As thoughts, emotions and sensations arise, just calmly notice them
and allow them to pass like clouds passing in the sky.
Step 5: Each time you become distracted (and you will), just notice what has happened, allow the distraction to pass and gently rest your attention back on your breath.
Step 6: Rest as the space in which all thoughts, emotions and sensations appear. This is the goal.
Step 7: Stay here for as long as you like but when your time is up, open your eyes, have a little stretch, make sure you haven’t got a dead leg or pins and needles or anything and go about your day. Try this for 5 minutes at a time twice a day to begin with.
Now let’s look at some pointers that will help you get the most out of your practice...
Knowing the goal - The object of this practice is to rest as the space in which everything arises (thoughts, emotions, sensations) and simply be. This is a very nice feeling by the way.
Understanding distraction - Having a thought is not being distracted as long as you are simply noticing the thought from your place of awareness. Being distracted is ‘going into the thought’, interacting with it, living it. This often leads to more thoughts and being ‘lost in thought’.This will happen.
Don’t judge your practice - This whole thing is quite a challenge to begin with. There is a tendency to wonder if you’re doing to correctly.“Oh no i’m thinking again.” is just another thought to be noticed.
Effortlessness - Do not try to force or manipulate anything. Take a gentle, relaxed and effortless approach to this. Do not try to ‘push thoughts away’, notice them and let them pass. Rest your attention gently on your breath, do not ‘focus hard’ on anything.
Emotional discomfort - This is amazing. It may be the case that a thought arises which carries with it an ‘emotional pang’. This can be anything from a burn to a sinking feeling. Leave the thought alone and allow it to pass just like the others. However do notice the feeling. Notice it as a pattern of energy, where is it? what does it feel like? Notice it until it dissipates... and then gently back to the breath. (You will never know how amazing this is until you do it.)
You already are! - You are not trying to ‘get anywhere’ or ‘become anything’. You are not striving during this process. You already are everything you could ever imagine, you’re just allowing it to be revealed. This is more about not being what you’re not.
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Enjoy!
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