You can be aware of one thing or many

Monday, November 10, 2008

You can be aware of one thing or many, if you see how one thing behaves you can see how all of them behave. When you know one you know them all.Watch bodily and mental sensation arising and passing away.You can stay with one object only if you like. at can be the rising and falling for example. You can stay with it as long as you like.Listening mindfully, is not just concentrating on the talk, and trying not to miss anything but being aware of that too.Reading and writing is pretty much the same. ‘Keep the finger on the big one.’‘Keep the finger on the big one’ means: Know where your mind is and what it is doing.When you are retreating, you must try not to make enemies and arguments with people and not to take sides with people who have arguments or fights. If you keep mindful, you’ll be able to go through without trouble.Starting out small: Observe obvious objects and continuously. If an emotion appears watch that emotion then go on.If it is hard to observe one object start observing more. If observing many objects is hard, observe just one stable object. Be always mindful of something.
Mindfulness
Keep the mind only on what you are doing. (No externals, staring, thinking, listening, planning etc.) But don’t focus too hard because that will only tire you more.When you feel tired, don’t worry about it. at’s all!Happy! It is important that you are happy, feeling content and not wanting when you practise. Happiness and contentment are very supportive factors to concentration.Note the wanting mind, check the mind’s attitude when you practise.See clearly what’s happening in the mind, don’t look only at the object.

from - Contemplation of the Mind