Four Applications Of Mindfulness Retreat 2013 with B. Alan Wallace (part 40)

0:01 Settle your body in its natural state, relaxed, still and vigilant, and your respiration in its natural, unimpeded, effortless rhythm. Report an error in the passage at 0:01 Highlight the passage at 0:01

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1:47 Now let your eyes be at least partially open and Report an error in the passage at 1:47 Highlight the passage at 1:47

1:53 rest your awareness in the space in front of you, evenly, without focusing on any object, any color or shape, Report an error in the passage at 1:53 Highlight the passage at 1:53

2:08 without directing your attention to anything. Don't meditate on anything, don't focus on anything. Simply be present, at rest, at ease. Report an error in the passage at 2:08 Highlight the passage at 2:08

2:29 Simply be aware in Report an error in the passage at 2:29 Highlight the passage at 2:29

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3:55 that flow of mindful presence, without distraction, without being carried away by rumination or without letting your attention be caught up by some sensory stimulus. Report an error in the passage at 3:55 Highlight the passage at 3:55

4:08 Just rest with no object, without grasping onto anything. It Report an error in the passage at 4:08 Highlight the passage at 4:08

4:26 may not be easy, but it is simple. Report an error in the passage at 4:26 Highlight the passage at 4:26

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5:13 Whatever thoughts arise, just let them pass on through, like an express train passing through a station without stopping, without your hitching a ride. Report an error in the passage at 5:13 Highlight the passage at 5:13

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7:12 Now as you rest in this utter simplicity, you may become increasingly aware of something that was already there, Report an error in the passage at 7:12 Highlight the passage at 7:12

7:24 but easily gets overlooked. And that is your immediate experience of being aware, your knowing of being aware, your most indubitable knowing, for which there can be no counter evidence. Report an error in the passage at 7:24 Highlight the passage at 7:24

7:55 So as this immediate experience dawns on you, Report an error in the passage at 7:55 Highlight the passage at 7:55

8:01 rest in that flow of being aware of being aware, the knowing of knowing, without deliberately Focusing your attention on anything else, on any object. Report an error in the passage at 8:01 Highlight the passage at 8:01

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11:53 And then let's once again commence an oscillation. This is a method taught by Padmasambhava for this practice. You may, if it helps, as a preliminary exercise, deliberately maintain a peripheral awareness of the in and out breath. Report an error in the passage at 11:53 Highlight the passage at 11:53

12:12 And as the breath flows in, arouse, focus, concentrate your awareness right in upon itself. And Report an error in the passage at 12:12 Highlight the passage at 12:12

12:25 as the breath flows out, utterly relax. Release your awareness into space. But not spacing out, Report an error in the passage at 12:25 Highlight the passage at 12:25

12:37 not becoming vague or dull, but rather gently sustaining the flow of awareness of awareness, arousing, sharpening, concentrating it as you breathe in, Report an error in the passage at 12:37 Highlight the passage at 12:37

12:55 and deeply relaxing and releasing as you breathe out. No time deliberately taking anything else as an object, just sustaining this awareness of awareness. Report an error in the passage at 12:55 Highlight the passage at 12:55

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13:58 Worst thoughts will continue to arise, but don't give any attention to them, just let them fade out of their own accord. As you stay home, awareness resting in its own place, without Report an error in the passage at 13:58 Highlight the passage at 13:58

14:15 attending to anything outside itself, without attending to any object. Report an error in the passage at 14:15 Highlight the passage at 14:15