Guided meditation by Michael Taft
After the one-hour guided meditation, there’s a dharma discuss and Q&A.
About this meditation. Many individuals really feel that they’ve a “heart of consciousness,” which is the place that it looks like all consciousness is coming from. The place “I” am. For many Westerners, this place is normally round or behind the eyes. We’ll name this the “felt heart of consciousness.”
The factor about consciousness is that—if we take a look at it subjectively—it’s not coming from anyplace in any respect. It’s simply kind of in all places round us. We’re not deliberately producing it or making it occur. Consciousness simply is, and it doesn’t even have a middle. So the “felt heart of consciousness” is a building; one thing we’re making up. In fact, there are precise physique sensations there, similar to the sensation of the eyes, or the muscular tissues across the eyes. However we’re merely “assigning” the supply of consciousness to these sensations.
When you discover that truth, it turns into straightforward to maneuver the “felt heart of consciousness” across the physique to any spot you want. If you’re conscious of a spot (i.e. you are feeling it) then you’ll be able to assign these emotions to develop into the brand new felt heart of consciousness. We transfer it round to a few facilities of consciousness on this meditation. This seems to be actually enjoyable and attention-grabbing. And it additionally results in the additional realization that consciousness isn’t truly centered anyplace, isn’t generated anyplace. Consciousness simply is.
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