Shamatha Retreat with Alan Wallace 2012 (part 27)

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0:48 in its natural state, your respiration in its And as Report an error in the passage at 0:48 Highlight the passage at 0:48

0:57 a preparation, Report an error in the passage at 0:57 Highlight the passage at 0:57

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3:37 direct this space-like awareness to the subspace of experience, namely the domain of the body. Bring Report an error in the passage at 3:37 Highlight the passage at 3:37

3:52 this quality of quiet presence, a clear, directed mindfulness, to the space of the body and whatever tactile events arise within it. Report an error in the passage at 3:52 Highlight the passage at 3:52

4:03 And then centrally, sustain your mindfulness of this field. Without distraction and Report an error in the passage at 4:03 Highlight the passage at 4:03

4:16 very specifically without superimposing the sense of I or mind, just observe the tactile events arising within this space with no owner. Report an error in the passage at 4:16 Highlight the passage at 4:16

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7:40 And then let your eyes be at least a little open, the idea being here that you don't reinforce the false sense that your thoughts, mental images, all types of mental events are on the inside of your eyelids that are somehow actually contained inside your head. Report an error in the passage at 7:40 Highlight the passage at 7:40

8:01 There's really no empirical grounds for this belief and it's very constraining, constricting. Let your eyes be at least a little bit open. Report an error in the passage at 8:01 Highlight the passage at 8:01

8:11 It brings in more of a spacious quality. It can also be helpful for grounding your awareness in the present moment so you're not so easily carried off by chains of thought. Report an error in the passage at 8:11 Highlight the passage at 8:11

8:29 But let your gaze be vacant with no interest in anything in the visual field and Report an error in the passage at 8:29 Highlight the passage at 8:29

9:02 direct the full force of mindfulness to this one domain of experience which you can approach by a process of elimination. Report an error in the passage at 9:02 Highlight the passage at 9:02

9:11 That is what is manifesting directly to your awareness that is coming through, not by way of any of the five physical senses. Of what else, apart from sights, sounds and so on, are you immediately aware? Do you directly perceive? And Report an error in the passage at 9:11 Highlight the passage at 9:11

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10:36 with a deep sense of relaxation, let go of all that would pull you this way and that way to the future or the past. Let your awareness come to rest loosely in stillness in the present moment and observe whatever arises in the space of the mind. Report an error in the passage at 10:36 Highlight the passage at 10:36

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21:01 Of course, it's not only thoughts and images come up, but also emotions and desires. Whatever arises, simply be present with it to the best of your ability, not identifying with it, getting caught up in it, but just being present and letting this mental impulse or event arise and pass of its own accord. Report an error in the passage at 21:01 Highlight the passage at 21:01