🧘🏻♂️ A few meditation instructions for those who practise daily 🧘🏻♂️
Disclaimer: I apologise if this sounds like gibberish. Language is a blunt tool.
What is happening now?
And now... And now... And now... Second by second. Meditation is about the relentless noticing that all contents populating consciousness (images, sounds, sensations, thoughts) remain in a state of continuous change, whether we want it to or not.
Where is the silence?
Even in times of unrest and chaos, stillness is present and permeates everything. Seek out this silence, find it, and try to spend time within it. Use the silent space as a vantage point for observing and noticing whatever is happening now. And now...
Where am I? What am I? Who am I?
In the silent space, you may notice that, among other things, the Self is also present. It’s that feeling (contraction?) that you are you. It’s the part of you that wants or doesn’t want things, that desires and protests. It’s the part that refuses to let go. Notice it and return to the silence. And again. And again.
Everyone’s inner space is different. Please share your tips on how to practise.
With metta.
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In the silence, with focused attention, it’s possible to notice that the self (“that feeling that you are you”), is just that: a feeling. It is *an *appearance*. A creation of the mind. Similar to how a flavor appears on the tongue, this feeling of self comes and goes. It is not permanent. Rather, it is something that can be noticed. Like a cloud forming and passing in the sky, or a wave that arises in the ocean and fades away.
Neither clouds nor waves have an independent existence. The same is true with thoughts. And that is all this Sense Of Self is: a thought. Like all thoughts, it arises and forms and passes away.
How long can you even hold onto a thought?
How long can you prevent a thought from coming into your mind?
Can you decide what your next thought will be?
#Meditation reveals the illusion, if you’re willing to look.