Week #5 Recap & Exploration

In class last night I said that the 'assignment' was to be aware of thoughts and feelings during meditation, and to be aware of any thought or feeling you then have in reaction to them. And then to let go of them. I want to clarify what I'm asking of you to explore.

First let your breath help you focus in awareness. And focused in awareness,  when a thought or emotion arises, or pops ups, allow, with equanimity, its presence - its 'facticity'; it's already a thought or feeling. Instead of disallowing, or disregarding, the thought or feeling, you are allowing it 100%. You don't resist or try to change in any way what already is. And when you offer no resistance to what is, what is is seen as it is, without any overlay of thought about it or about you. It is seen and allowed to be what it is, but no more is made of it. The allowing itself is awareness. Feel what that feels like to let it go entirely, and return to focus in awareness.

And so the 'practice' goes, both when you are stopping to meditate and when you are on the go in your daily life. How many thoughts do you have in one day? Whatever the amount, that's how many opportunities you have to explore being focused in awareness.

Journey well!