Mindsight allows us to not only conserve energy as we don’t resist, combat, or escape an unpleasant feeling, but we also gain the transmuted energy of the unpleasant feeling itself as it freely arises and passes away on its own in awareness. Be honest about what you see with open awareness.
To really know fear, you have to experience its energy directly in awareness while it is happening. Fear and attention meet in awareness. It is here where we experience fearlessness as fear unfolds- simply arising and passing in its own time. Be honest about what you see with open awareness.
So much of our fear, anxiety, and apprehension in life is stimulated by the thought itself. Be honest about what you see with open awareness.
When you soften- your attention is able to rest on the experience. This is especially purposeful when the happenings in awareness are unpleasant feelings. Be honest about what you see with open awareness.
Nourishing the ego is an exhausting effort… so much energy and attention to maintain and protect it. Be honest about what you see with open awareness.
Don’t let a life crisis show you the things that really matter. Take “pause” here and now in the longings of your heart while you are healthy and most able. Be honest about what you see with open awareness.
Abstracted from “Breathing”~ Bhante Henepola Gunaratana In our attending or shamatha practice, the breath is most often our object of meditation. It is our anchor and our center when distracted by the reactionary undercurrents of our discursively untamed mind. It is free, portable, always available, and powerfully transforming. We experience this process- this miniature cycle […]
Without honesty, the self-reflective nature of our practice mirrors only images and projections. It is here where we never see behind our constructed veneer. Be honest about what you see with open awareness.
Meditation is a vehicle that develops into a discipline with a stable, calm, and clear view that supports us in not acting on our reactive impulses as they arise. Be honest about what you see with open awareness.
In the “beginner’s mind”, there is so much room to grow as we see our emerging moments with “fresh eyes”. Be honest about what you see with open awareness.