Transform Your Mind & Change Your Life Retreat - 7-Point Mind Training from Atisha (part 19)

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1:31 this context, in the context of the mind training, there is only one, and that is bodhicitta, that is perfectly suited to the practice. Arouse the aspiration to realize as swiftly as possible the perfect awakening. And Report an error in the passage at 1:31 Highlight the passage at 1:31

1:52 for the sake of all sentient beings, for as long as sentient beings remain, as long as space remains, that you too may remain. To alleviate the suffering of the world, Report an error in the passage at 1:52 Highlight the passage at 1:52

2:05 to aspiration, then settle your body, your speech and your mind in the natural states, as you've done before. Report an error in the passage at 2:05 Highlight the passage at 2:05

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3:02 gently conceptual turbulence, Just for a very short time, be mindful of the breathing, the rhythm of the breath, relaxing deeply, letting go with every exhalation. Report an error in the passage at 3:02 Highlight the passage at 3:02

3:20 And if you find it helpful, count ten breaths, one succinct staccato count at the end of each inhalation. Now Report an error in the passage at 3:20 Highlight the passage at 3:20

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5:36 from this vantage point of stillness, the stillness of your own awareness resting in its own place, relax still and clear. Report an error in the passage at 5:36 Highlight the passage at 5:36

5:48 From this vantage point, I invite you now to open the eyes. And direct the light of your awareness to the visual field. Report an error in the passage at 5:48 Highlight the passage at 5:48

6:03 Colors and shapes arise. Report an error in the passage at 6:03 Highlight the passage at 6:03

6:08 Continue to rest in the stillness of your awareness and nakedly observe from moment to moment whatever is arising within this one out of six domains of experience. And in the scene, let there be just the scene. Any Report an error in the passage at 6:08 Highlight the passage at 6:08

6:33 conceptual projections we superimpose upon this field, such as attractive and unattractive, labels, conceptual associations, but also things. Within the visual field there are no chairs or people or lights. Report an error in the passage at 6:33 Highlight the passage at 6:33

6:59 Simply see what is being presented to your visual awareness. See what is there, not conflating what you project upon the visual field with the visual field itself. Report an error in the passage at 6:59 Highlight the passage at 6:59

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7:47 Clearly in this visual field, with its colors and shapes, there is no I, there is no person or I or self. And nor are any of these colors mine. They don't belong to anyone. They are simply colors, simply shapes. Report an error in the passage at 7:47 Highlight the passage at 7:47

8:16 So see what reality is presenting to you in the visual field, stripped naked of all the clothing, the configuration, the overlays that we superimpose upon, what we visually perceive. Report an error in the passage at 8:16 Highlight the passage at 8:16

8:45 Now close the eyes, Report an error in the passage at 8:45 Highlight the passage at 8:45

8:49 again from that vantage point of stillness, awareness resting in its own place. Report an error in the passage at 8:49 Highlight the passage at 8:49

8:57 Now direct your attention to the auditory field, the domain of experience of sound, with Report an error in the passage at 8:57 Highlight the passage at 8:57

9:07 the same quality of attention in the heard, let there be just the heard. Attend just to what is being presented to you from moment to moment in this auditory field, without labeling, without liking or disliking, with no notion of I or mine. Report an error in the passage at 9:07 Highlight the passage at 9:07

9:33 Just in the sounds, let there be just sounds. Report an error in the passage at 9:33 Highlight the passage at 9:33

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10:28 Every moment fresh, unprecedented. And Report an error in the passage at 10:28 Highlight the passage at 10:28

10:34 all these appearances are non-conceptual, without labels, without names. Report an error in the passage at 10:34 Highlight the passage at 10:34

10:43 Once again, Report an error in the passage at 10:43 Highlight the passage at 10:43

11:09 let your awareness come to rest right where it is, with no direction. Not focusing on anything, just resting for a moment. Report an error in the passage at 11:09 Highlight the passage at 11:09

11:21 Back to baseline, still and clear. Report an error in the passage at 11:21 Highlight the passage at 11:21

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12:13 The attention to a familiar field of experience, the somatic field, the whole field of tactile sensations. View it from the stillness of your awareness and observe the whole bandwidth, the diverse array of tactile sensations and feelings that arise within this field. Report an error in the passage at 12:13 Highlight the passage at 12:13

12:35 The sensations associated with the earth element, firm and solid, water element, moisture element, the gradation from cold to hot. Report an error in the passage at 12:35 Highlight the passage at 12:35

13:03 These labels, these names, and simply observe whatever arises within this tactile field. Not only the sensations, but feelings of discomfort, pleasure. Report an error in the passage at 13:03 Highlight the passage at 13:03

13:21 Now observe them to the best of your ability, Report an error in the passage at 13:21 Highlight the passage at 13:21

13:32 back associations, and most deeply, without superimposing on any of these sensations or feelings any notion of I or mine. Report an error in the passage at 13:32 Highlight the passage at 13:32

13:47 These sensations are no more yours than are the sounds you heard and the colors you saw. They're simply sensations. Report an error in the passage at 13:47 Highlight the passage at 13:47

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15:19 Now once again, let her. Report an error in the passage at 15:19 Highlight the passage at 15:19

15:23 Let all your senses be open and if your awareness illuminate all the five sensory fields, visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory and tactile. Turn the lights on in all five domains and Report an error in the passage at 15:23 Highlight the passage at 15:23

15:44 from this stillness be aware of the sensations, the impressions, the appearances arising by way of the five senses. Report an error in the passage at 15:44 Highlight the passage at 15:44

16:04 Are you right now directly aware? Do you perceive any other appearances of Report an error in the passage at 16:04 Highlight the passage at 16:04

16:16 the five physical senses? Report an error in the passage at 16:16 Highlight the passage at 16:16

16:22 A sixth sense, a sixth domain of experience. That is beyond all of the five sensory modes and their domains of experience. Report an error in the passage at 16:22 Highlight the passage at 16:22

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17:26 Are you aware, for example, of discursive thoughts, mental chit-chat, Report an error in the passage at 17:26 Highlight the passage at 17:26

17:35 mental images pertaining to memories or fantasies, Report an error in the passage at 17:35 Highlight the passage at 17:35

17:48 directly perceived desires or feelings, emotions that come up? Report an error in the passage at 17:48 Highlight the passage at 17:48

18:03 When you directly perceive whether your mind is clear or dull, agitated or calm, Report an error in the passage at 18:03 Highlight the passage at 18:03

18:31 focus your attention single-pointedly on this sixth domain of experience that you never perceive with any of your five physical senses. And can never be detected with any of the instruments of technology. It's off the scope, off the radar, invisible, but directly perceptible. You can know it directly with mental awareness. So with your mental awareness, focus your attention single-pointedly on this sixth domain, the space of the mind. Report an error in the passage at 18:31 Highlight the passage at 18:31

19:08 And whatever arises within that domain, Report an error in the passage at 19:08 Highlight the passage at 19:08

19:18 such as thoughts and images, subjective impulses such as desires and emotions, Report an error in the passage at 19:18 Highlight the passage at 19:18

19:26 from the stillness of your awareness of... Observe the appearances, the movements, the comings and goings of the mind. The Report an error in the passage at 19:26 Highlight the passage at 19:26

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21:18 first challenge in this practice is to distinguish clearly in the stillness of your awareness. Report an error in the passage at 21:18 Highlight the passage at 21:18

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22:20 The challenge is to be simultaneously aware. Stillness of your awareness and the movements of thoughts and images, desires. Report an error in the passage at 22:20 Highlight the passage at 22:20

22:39 But your awareness remains still like an unflickering. Report an error in the passage at 22:39 Highlight the passage at 22:39

22:53 This is the core of the practice. Stillness in the midst of motion. Report an error in the passage at 22:53 Highlight the passage at 22:53