Shamatha Retreat with Alan Wallace 2012 (part 34)

· · · silence, 1 minute

0:38 Let your body and your respiration calm your mind with mindfulness of breathing for a little while, with counting or without, as you see fit. And Report an error in the passage at 0:38 Highlight the passage at 0:38

· · · silence, 3 minutes

4:07 with your body and mind from the core, Report an error in the passage at 4:07 Highlight the passage at 4:07

4:13 let your eyes be at least partially open, your gaze vacant, resting in the space in front of you. Report an error in the passage at 4:13 Highlight the passage at 4:13

4:27 And turn the full force of mindfulness to the space of the mind and its contents. Report an error in the passage at 4:27 Highlight the passage at 4:27

4:36 To start with, once again likening the space of the mind to a stage, and the thoughts, the images and so on being like actors who appear. And disappear from that stage. For a little while let's first focus on the foreground. The events, the thoughts, images and other events that take place within the space of the mind. Report an error in the passage at 4:36 Highlight the passage at 4:36

5:01 Letting your awareness be still. Moment by moment attend closely. Report an error in the passage at 5:01 Highlight the passage at 5:01

5:08 Without grasping, without distraction. To whatever arises in this space. Simply observing its nature and letting it be. Report an error in the passage at 5:08 Highlight the passage at 5:08

· · · silence, 2 minutes

7:20 Whatever tactile sensations, sounds, visual impressions arise. Just let them be with no interest. Report an error in the passage at 7:20 Highlight the passage at 7:20

7:33 Just let them rise and pass at their own accord while keeping your interest and your attention focused on the space of the mind. And now take a special interest in those intervals, Report an error in the passage at 7:33 Highlight the passage at 7:33

7:52 keeping still single-pointedly focused on the space of the mind, not becoming diffuse or open to all kinds of impressions, but still very concentrated. Report an error in the passage at 7:52 Highlight the passage at 7:52

8:04 Closely observe the space of the mind. Report an error in the passage at 8:04 Highlight the passage at 8:04

8:13 Is there anything to observe? Or is it merely nothing? Report an error in the passage at 8:13 Highlight the passage at 8:13

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9:06 If there is something that we call the space of the mind, is it flat? Two-dimensional? Or is it three-dimensional? Report an error in the passage at 9:06 Highlight the passage at 9:06

9:20 Does it have color? Is it black? Is it transparent? Report an error in the passage at 9:20 Highlight the passage at 9:20

9:45 Does it have location? Is it in front of you? Behind you? Above you? All around? Or inside your head? Report an error in the passage at 9:45 Highlight the passage at 9:45

10:20 Continue to note whatever thoughts and images arise. When they are present, attend to them without trying to delete them. Report an error in the passage at 10:20 Highlight the passage at 10:20

10:33 Take special note of the space of the mind. And let's continue practicing now in silence. Report an error in the passage at 10:33 Highlight the passage at 10:33

· · · silence, 16 minutes

26:24 Set your body at ease, loose and relaxed, Report an error in the passage at 26:24 Highlight the passage at 26:24

26:29 in a posture of stillness and vigilance. Settle your respiration in its natural rhythm and Report an error in the passage at 26:29 Highlight the passage at 26:29

· · · silence, 1 minute

27:10 for a little while calm the discursive mind with mindfulness of breathing, relaxing deeply and letting go of thoughts with every out breath. Report an error in the passage at 27:10 Highlight the passage at 27:10

· · · silence, 3 minutes

30:12 Please partially open your gaze vacant in the space in front of you. Report an error in the passage at 30:12 Highlight the passage at 30:12

30:20 Direct your attention to the space of the mind and its contents, attending first of all to the foreground, to the events arising within the space. And Report an error in the passage at 30:20 Highlight the passage at 30:20

· · · silence, 3 minutes

33:57 then while continuing to note the foreground, the events that arise within the space of the mind, take special interest in Report an error in the passage at 33:57 Highlight the passage at 33:57

34:10 the intervals between thoughts. Observe carefully the space of the mind that is most evident during these intervals. Report an error in the passage at 34:10 Highlight the passage at 34:10

· · · silence, 5 minutes

39:06 Then as thoughts, images do arise, note the space from which they arise. Report an error in the passage at 39:06 Highlight the passage at 39:06

39:16 Once they have arisen, note the space in which they are present. Report an error in the passage at 39:16 Highlight the passage at 39:16

39:21 And when they dissolve, note the space into which they dissolve. The space is always there. So now let's continue practicing in silence, attending to the space of the mind always present and to whatever events arise within that mental domain. Report an error in the passage at 39:21 Highlight the passage at 39:21