Transform Your Mind & Change Your Life Retreat - 7-Point Mind Training from Atisha (part 13)

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1:02 The motivation for the body, the next step as you step into, Report an error in the passage at 1:02 Highlight the passage at 1:02

1:08 is one of relief, relaxation, a resting awareness as you let it descend into the field of the body, permeate the body and settle the body in a posture of relaxation, stillness and vigilance. As I mentioned yesterday, even if you're in a supine position, the body totally relaxed, psychologically, Report an error in the passage at 1:08 Highlight the passage at 1:08

1:38 psychologically, you're adopting a stance of vigilance. Use this posture only for meditation, not for napping or anything else. So every time you slip into the Shavasana, you know by association it's with the sake of practice. So psychologically, you're there clear, vigilant, ready to practice, with the body relaxed and still. Report an error in the passage at 1:38 Highlight the passage at 1:38

2:07 Then take on the second challenge, which is subtler. The challenge of attending closely to the breath. Ever so easy to regulate or modify it. Report an error in the passage at 2:07 Highlight the passage at 2:07

2:21 Observe closely but egolessly, releasing all control to breathe and find its own. Report an error in the passage at 2:21 Highlight the passage at 2:21

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4:12 Releasing all identification and Report an error in the passage at 4:12 Highlight the passage at 4:12

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4:55 the identification with everything that moves it. Report an error in the passage at 4:55 Highlight the passage at 4:55

5:27 And you see through clear, Report an error in the passage at 5:27 Highlight the passage at 5:27

5:45 mind having settled in its natural state, relaxed and clear, just resting. Report an error in the passage at 5:45 Highlight the passage at 5:45

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6:41 Now just a little to gently calm, to soothe the turbulence, the restlessness. Report an error in the passage at 6:41 Highlight the passage at 6:41

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9:43 Excitation is set in your first response. Report an error in the passage at 9:43 Highlight the passage at 9:43

10:01 Release whatever captivated your attention and then return. Release, return. Do it again whenever you know that your attention has strayed. After there and then, rather than resting here and now. Report an error in the passage at 10:01 Highlight the passage at 10:01

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11:14 And you note it where Report an error in the passage at 11:14 Highlight the passage at 11:14

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13:57 your body is still. Report an error in the passage at 13:57 Highlight the passage at 13:57

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15:45 You breathe out and you release your awareness into space. Report an error in the passage at 15:45 Highlight the passage at 15:45