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Journling entry\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6after meditation sitting practice\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 2-12-2011<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a0Reading sentence by sentence and following the recipe as it is prescribed\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6using\u00c2\u00a0 The Joy of Being<\/em>, page 44: Awakening Feelings\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6starting the sitting meditation practice\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Following the instruction and lingering after each sentence, to feel it in my bones in my experience\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6experience becoming more powerful as things unfolded\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.of melting into the feelings (as the prescription suggested)\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 my feeling was initially of a discomfort\/fatigue , mild pain in the center of my back, where my shoulder blades meet, as I let go and melted in that pain\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 slowly a serenity that kept shifting in intensity\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and approaching \u00e2\u20ac\u0153much bigger than the pain\u00e2\u20ac\u009d arose\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 so pronounced as it unfolded, that the pain was almost powerless and further melted into the tranquil feeling that was arising\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6then (following the prescription suggested) it was so easy and possible to allow thoughts come and go as they pleased, and not get pulled into them\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6as if they were doing their silly dance\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 while the calmness\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 presence was so powerful and pronounced that no thought had a chance to complete or linger\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6its story\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Just as the sounds also arouse and disappeared while the quiet silence was always in the background, silent, yet its presence undeniable and the center of the stage\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n Thank you Rinpoche\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. It became possible to experience the communication of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfield communiqu\u00c3\u00a9\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 with all of its assertion of substantiality (through the thoughts and sounds\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6) yet simultaneously, with the pronounced presence of calm (as\u00c2\u00a0 surrendering and melting into the feelings that were arising and slowly shifting within my body and mind\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n It became possible to rest in the self-sameness of all that was communicated in my experience in this short sitting practice\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n Thank you Jack for deciphering, and guiding us through these teachings that are profound and are true treasure\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00c2\u00a0 Journling entry\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6after meditation sitting practice\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 2-12-2011 \u00c2\u00a0Reading sentence by sentence and following the recipe as it is prescribed\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6using\u00c2\u00a0 The Joy of Being, page 44: Awakening Feelings\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6starting the sitting meditation practice\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 \u00c2\u00a0Following the instruction and lingering after each sentence, to … Continue reading