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Re: About Stillness . . . tricks tricks tricksFrom: thelerner
Subject: General
Date/Time 2005-03-20 00:40:21
Remote IP: 205.188.117.13
MessageLifted from Eckhart Tolle, think.. I wonder what my next thought will be? wait for it quietly. Then ask the question again and wait
Pretty simple.
#2 Count breaths but don't limit it to meditation. 1 to 4 or 1 to 10 or keep going. When I was commuting to work, I'd count the breath gets deeper, the mind quieter. Warning I have missed a few turn offs this way.
Think, I'm going to smile and watch the mind play. A more vispassana approach where you don't reign it in or try to control it, you see and maybe smile at the minds usual games. Judge, Policeman, Lecher etc.
Glen Morris had an exercise of counting from 1 to 10. If any thought intruded you started back at 1. Its makes it easy to see how hard a quiet mind is.
Grist for the mill.
I do agree that HT needs more talk about it. A quiet mind is the ultimate warm up device.
Peace
Michael
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