Five Daily Recollections:
I am of the nature to grow old; I cannot avoid ageing.
I am of the nature to become ill; I cannot avoid illness.
I am of the nature to die; I cannot avoid death.
All that is mine, dear and delightful, will change and vanish.
I am the owner of my karma; I am born of my karma; I live supported by my karma; I will inherit my karma; whatever I do, whether good or evil, that I will inherit.
Five things to do at the start of a sitting:
Why am I doing this (what's my motivation?)
Work up some determination
Metta - always for yourself, for others as well if you wish
"Breathing in I calm body and mind, breathing out I smile."
Five things to do at the end of a sitting:
Recapitulation - what did I do and how did I get there
Impermanence - all these high, but mundane, states are now gone
Insights - did I get any; what were they
Dedicate the merit from this sitting for the liberation of all beings
Resolve to be mindful as I get up and go about my activities
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Essence of entering each of
0. Follow breath until access concentration is established:
1. Switch attention away from the breath to a pleasant physical sensation:
2. Focus on the emotional joy/happiness that is accompanying the intense physical sensations of the 1st Jhana:
3. Turn down the intensity of the joy/happiness to
4. Let go of the pleasure of the contentment/satisfaction and drop down to a
5. Sense the "boundaries of your being" and begin expanding them outwards:
6. Realizing that it takes a
to be aware of a boundless space, switch your attention to to your consciousness of the boundless space.
7. Switch your attention from the boundless consciousness to the content of that consciousness - it will be a sense of no thing -
8. Let go of all the previous outward sensing and come to rest in a small spot more or less between the eyes and a few inches from your face. Focus on being in
a state that has no characteristics
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