Living in Awareness – Day 29
Living in Awareness Day 29
Vipassana Meditation Welcome back to Day 29 of the “Living In Awareness” Challenge. Today’s challenge is focused upon more Vipassana Meditation.
As I said on the Day 22, Vipassana has helped me more than any meditation technique that I have experienced (and I teach about 40 different styles of meditation). As I continued to practice Vipassana, it also helped me learn to live life meditatively (yesterday’s challenge). So, today, I want you to do another Vipassana meditation. You may use the following link for my meditation track, or you may want to do it with one of your own meditation CD’s.
Music track for your Vipassana Meditation:
http://loveliveandlaugh.com/living-awareness-omtimes-30-day-challen…
I cannot emphasize exactly how significant or powerful this meditation can and will be for you through the journey of your own self Awareness. If you do this meditation 50 times, I bet you will have 48 different experiences. Just keep doing it. I hope that after this challenge has ended, you would begin to implement this practice into your life on a daily basis. IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!!!
Listed below, you will see some reminders about this technique, and happy meditating.
Reminders:
Observing the mind is a process that can be learned. Actually, I should say that participating with the mind is something that can be unlearned. Observing the mind is a process, a way of being that breaks the habit of jumping on every thought that arises. It is completely passive, you do nothing other than observe. You just watch, and do nothing with the thoughts that arise. You accept, you allow. Once again, you also observe the feelings that arise because of the thoughts that pass through the mind. Begin to see the difference between having a thought arise and doing nothing with it, compared to having a thought and thinking about that thought. Just imagine a life without jumping on board (out of habit) with every thought based in useless worry, regret, or any of the other many egotistical rants. Imagine a life of liberation simply by breaking an old habit. Then, when you do have a thought that you want to participate with, the mind is stronger, more eager, more rested, and focused on the task at hand. Most people chase after thoughts just like a dog that chases cars. We all know what happens to many of those dogs; their lives are shortened or diminished because of their behaviors, and just like a dog that chases cars, our lives are diminished by chasing your thoughts. Observing the mind and the feelings those thoughts create will allow you to see the randomness of the mind, and its activity. It also allows you to see the transient nature of your thoughts and feelings. Yes, your thoughts and feelings are transient, they pass just like clouds pass through the sky.
