1.14.11 Part 10 Three steps to mindfulness and meditation
Mindfulness is an example of the experiencing – being mode of the mind 1. present moment, 2. accepting and allowing, 3. feeling and sensing without reacting and thinking
Our usual mode of mind in the thinking-doing-reacting mode 1. past , present and future, 2. judging, 3. by using specific processes like controlling, changing, comparing, expecting, based on reacting to positive, negative or neutral feeling states
Switch and stay in the experiencing being mode by doing the following and exercise in mindful awareness and letting go, by being mindful and not thinking.
Accept and feel the breathing in the present moment over an over , without thinking about it, and when distracted, after being aware of it let it go to return back to the breathing.
The formula is feeling the breathing, note the distraction, let it go , back to breathing
Pull yourself into the present, become aware of your body breathing and let go any thoughts about the past and the present
Feel rather then think, feel the physical sensations of the breathing and let go of any thoughts and thinking processes, comparing, judging, controlling, expecting, reacting based on good, bad or neutral feelings, instead feel-sense accept and allowing the wave like nature, over an over- this is mindfulness
when distracted mindfully accept and allow feel and sense it, then let it go to a return back to the primary object which is feeling the breathing
repeat the above steps over and over