Shamatha Retreat with Alan Wallace 2012 (part 37)

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0:38 Let your body descend into and fill the whole space of your body as Report an error in the passage at 0:38 Highlight the passage at 0:38

0:47 you set your body at ease and relaxation and comfort and stillness and in a posture of vigilance, which is still very real even in the supine position, although entirely psychological. Report an error in the passage at 0:47 Highlight the passage at 0:47

1:22 And while attending closely to the sensations of the breath throughout the body, utterly surrender control. Report an error in the passage at 1:22 Highlight the passage at 1:22

1:35 Let the breath flow of its own accord, Report an error in the passage at 1:35 Highlight the passage at 1:35

1:41 finding its own rhythm. Report an error in the passage at 1:41 Highlight the passage at 1:41

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2:57 As you release all concerns about the future and the past, let your awareness come to rest at ease in the present moment, in stillness. Let Report an error in the passage at 2:57 Highlight the passage at 2:57

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4:16 your eyes be at least partially open. Report an error in the passage at 4:16 Highlight the passage at 4:16

4:21 Definitely rest your awareness in the space in front of you, without Report an error in the passage at 4:21 Highlight the passage at 4:21

4:32 directing your attention to any object, to any visual impression, not directing it to thoughts or any other appearance or object, Report an error in the passage at 4:32 Highlight the passage at 4:32

4:45 without meditating on anything. Report an error in the passage at 4:45 Highlight the passage at 4:45

4:51 Simply be present, in the present, with Report an error in the passage at 4:51 Highlight the passage at 4:51

5:05 a deep sense of ease. Of letting go, Report an error in the passage at 5:05 Highlight the passage at 5:05

5:14 simply sustain the flow of mindfulness, of being present, without distraction, onto Report an error in the passage at 5:14 Highlight the passage at 5:14

5:26 any object of any kind. Report an error in the passage at 5:26 Highlight the passage at 5:26

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6:36 Of course appearances to the senses and to the mind continue to arise. Don't deliberately give any attention to them, just let them be. Report an error in the passage at 6:36 Highlight the passage at 6:36

6:52 Let your awareness hold its own ground, remaining in its own place, without Report an error in the passage at 6:52 Highlight the passage at 6:52

7:02 reaching out and attending to any appearance or object. Report an error in the passage at 7:02 Highlight the passage at 7:02

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8:16 As you rest there and utter simplicity with... Without your attention being carried away, the object, thought or appearance, Report an error in the passage at 8:16 Highlight the passage at 8:16

8:29 there may arise a growing awareness of your most immediate experience Report an error in the passage at 8:29 Highlight the passage at 8:29

8:38 prior to and independent of any of the appearances arising to the mind. Report an error in the passage at 8:38 Highlight the passage at 8:38

8:49 And that is the immediate experience of being aware. Report an error in the passage at 8:49 Highlight the passage at 8:49

9:03 Perhaps our most indubitable knowing for what evidence or reason could persuade us that we are not aware. Report an error in the passage at 9:03 Highlight the passage at 9:03

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9:56 Rest in that simple knowing of knowing, this being aware of awareness itself. Report an error in the passage at 9:56 Highlight the passage at 9:56

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11:06 This awareness of awareness is not gained by conjuring up some idea, Report an error in the passage at 11:06 Highlight the passage at 11:06

11:17 but rather by releasing all ideas and images. Whenever thoughts come up, release them instantly. The Report an error in the passage at 11:17 Highlight the passage at 11:17

11:40 flow of non-conceptuality is not enough just to rest in a blank-mindedness, which can turn into a stupor, Report an error in the passage at 11:40 Highlight the passage at 11:40

11:50 but rather simply sustain this flow of knowing, the knowing of being aware, the awareness of awareness itself. Now Report an error in the passage at 11:50 Highlight the passage at 11:50

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13:11 as initial way, A preparatory way of engaging more deeply in this practice, maintain a peripheral awareness of the in and outflow of the breathing, Report an error in the passage at 13:11 Highlight the passage at 13:11

13:24 just enough to know when the breath is flowing in and when it's flowing out. But Report an error in the passage at 13:24 Highlight the passage at 13:24

13:34 as the breath flows in, Report an error in the passage at 13:34 Highlight the passage at 13:34

13:40 withdraw your attention from all appearances, arouse, focus, concentrate and invert your awareness right in upon itself to Report an error in the passage at 13:40 Highlight the passage at 13:40

13:59 explore the very nature of consciousness itself through direct, immediate experience. Report an error in the passage at 13:59 Highlight the passage at 13:59

14:08 And then as the breath flows out, utterly release. Release your awareness into space. Report an error in the passage at 14:08 Highlight the passage at 14:08

14:19 Without taking even space as an object, release your awareness into non-objectivity, Report an error in the passage at 14:19 Highlight the passage at 14:19

14:27 just into openness, as Report an error in the passage at 14:27 Highlight the passage at 14:27

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15:20 you've done in the past, to rouse your attention and focus, invert during the in-breath. Report an error in the passage at 15:20 Highlight the passage at 15:20

15:27 Utterly release during the out-breath. And all the while, gently sustain the flow of the awareness of awareness. The Report an error in the passage at 15:27 Highlight the passage at 15:27

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18:45 very nature of awareness is luminosity. It is clear and bright. So release all thoughts, images and so on that may obscure the natural clarity of your awareness itself. The Report an error in the passage at 18:45 Highlight the passage at 18:45

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19:44 very nature of awareness is stillness, but it's set in motion by grasping. Release all grasping and effortlessly let your awareness come to rest in stillness, in its own place, in Report an error in the passage at 19:44 Highlight the passage at 19:44

20:07 unwavering flame, still and clear. Report an error in the passage at 20:07 Highlight the passage at 20:07