How to use the meditations
1. Find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed.
2. Read through the whole meditation a few times, then put it down.
3. Sit in a position both comfortable and alert.
4. Allow the meditation 10 minutes or so in your imagination. Do not give up before this time; stay with it.
5. Allow another 10 minutes for recording what happened. Allow events to develop as you record. |
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MEDITATION 17
APPROACHING FEELINGS
If we wish to become aware of our selves, and act truthfully and with kindness in the world, we will need to learn to recognize our feelings; to notice the different feelings passing through us.
We will do this without any judgement.
Each feeling, whether deemed good or bad, should be equally welcomed. None need be repressed. After all, how wonderful that the feeling has been acknowledged at last!
And it's not about chasing away the unwanted ones. It's not about taking any of them too seriously. Just about noticing them – and seeing where they lead, when looked at.
Each feeling is a golden thread to some reality beyond.
MEDITATE
And so in the meditation we consider the feelings passing through us.
It might be one in which you keep picking up a pen, to jot things down as they occur. Then returning to meditation.
You are a reporter – reporting on the feelings passing through you. Perhaps it is irritation with this meditation. Why so? Or impatience. Or happiness. If so, what is making you happy? Or angry? Or sad? Or anxious? Can you name your anxiety?
Write things down as they pass through you. Are some feelings more dominant than others? Revisit all the feelings. So many golden threads leading to health! Do one or two stand out?
If one does, you might wish to focus on it as you might focus on a fixed object. What does the feeling feel like? Where is it coming from?
Meditate on the feeling until its true source is revealed. It may be that your suffering itself becomes a path away from suffering and towards freedom.
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