In this guided meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to use the breath as anchor for our awareness, and then to apply 'Anatta-Saññā' / 'Perception of Not-Self' to all the various thoughts, images, worries, phantasies bubbling up in our mind.
Whatever distracts us from the breath, whether it's plans for the future or little traumas from the past, whether it's sensual images or restless thinking, we do not fight with them, we do not try to suppress them. Instead, we just see them as:
- "N'etaṃ mama, n'eso'ham asmi, na me so attā ti"
- "This is not mine; this is not me; I am not this; this is not my self".
We can apply not-self even to the breath itself.
We can apply not-self even to the process of meditation:
- "I am not the meditator!"
When we don't regard any of these as me, mine or self, the 'distractions' are no longer a problem, they just move through, arise and fade away all on their own.
If we are not the meditator, not the one 'doing' the meditation, suddenly meditating becomes so easy, we're cruising along smoothly 😊
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