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  2. Learn from the Ants
     … So even when he was studying with the teachers who taught very high levels of concentration—the dimension of nothingness, the dimension of neither perception and non-perception—he saw that they’d developed conviction, persistence, mindfulness, concentration, and discernment. They devoted good qualities of the mind to this, but they rested content with something that wasn’t ultimate. He, however, wasn’t satisfied … 
  3. The Psychology of Harmlessness
     … Mental fabrications, the perceptions and feelings you focus on, will shape your mind. You want to be sensitive to what you’re doing right now in these terms because that gets into the question of values as to what’s worth doing. But first you want to see what you’re doing. Sometimes you hear it said that breath meditation, especially the way the … 
  4. Take Good Aim
     … There was something in his mind that liked the perception of beauty. The problem wasn’t the body of this person or that person out there. It was his being hooked on the perception of beauty, something totally internal. Think about this for a minute. We create lots of havoc, not only in our own lives, but also in the lives of others, simply … 
  5. Jhana & Insight
     … feelings and perceptions. You bring all those things together to create a state of concentration. You evaluate your breath, you think about the breath, you have a perception of the breath and how it goes in and out the body. And the way you relate to breath—first to the in-and-out-breath and then to the breath energies in the body—should … 
  6. Remembering Ajaan Lee
     … So try to use your ingenuity and turn your perceptions inside out. As the Buddha said, perceptions are one of the factors that fabricate the mind. And you have to learn how to question your perceptions, the ones that you hold to so steadily. Maybe they’re the problem. Doing this helps to pull you back from your perceptions. And the way of mastering … 
  7. Like an Athlete in Training
     … When you hold that perception in mind, it gives rise to a floating feeling in the body. See if you can maintain the position of your focus on that perception, on that feeling of lightness, buoyancy. This is what gives flavor to that intention, so that it tastes good and is good for you. This is one of the ways in which you can … 
  8. Play with the Breath
     … That’s a perception you could also keep in mind. And as you perceive things this way, it actually creates the conditions for the energy to flow in those directions in the body. As you get more sensitive, you can decide, what does your body need right now? So play with the breath. We’re doing something serious here in training the mind, but … 
  9. The Karma of Self & Not-Self
     … And then you even let go of the perception of not-self, because that, too, is a perception. It’s an aggregate. That’s when the mind opens up to something that’s very different. Up to this point, your sense of self and your sense of not-self—even as you’ve refined them and made them more consistent—are still strategies, they … 
  10. Location, Location
     … You may have a desire for a person and think that the desire is focused on the person, but maybe it’s focused on your perception or on the way you talk to yourself about the person. Or your idea of how you look when you’re with that person. Maybe that’s the real allure. This is one of the reasons why interpersonal … 
  11. Bewildered
     … For instance, when a feeling of pain appears in fabrication, it’s accompanied by the way you breathe and by your perceptions. So, you can ask yourself, “To what extent is the way I’m breathing aggravating this pain? Can I breathe in another way? And to what extent is the way I’m talking to myself about the pain getting in the way … 
  12. Attention with an Agenda
     … You apply different perceptions and focus on different feelings for the sake of something. Like right now: You’re trying to get the mind into concentration. So you breathe in a way that will give rise to a sense of comfort for the sake of getting the mind into concentration. You use directed thought and evaluation, again for the sake of getting the mind … 
  13. In the Details
     … If lust is taking hold of the mind, can you hold on to that perception? Which part of the mind says to drop it, drop it, drop that perception? You don’t have to listen to it. Just hold on to whatever perception of the body gives you a sense that it really is unattractive, and it’s not worth the lust. And that … 
  14. Think Outside the Ruts
    Think Outside the Ruts March 26, 2022 There’s a strange passage in the Canon where the Buddha talks about how we take the potential for a form, feeling, perception, fabrication, or consciousness, and we fabricate it into an actual aggregate of form, feeling, etc., for the sake of having that aggregate. It’s expressed in a strange way in the Pali, but the … 
  15. Beyond Natural Suffering
     … The word sañña—which can be translated as “perception” or “label”—in Thailand is also translated as “assumption,” and it’s a good translation. Our perceptions are shaped by the way we assume certain things. We get some raw sense data coming in through any of the senses and immediately make assumptions about it. We label it this, label it that. This must be … 
  16. The Fourth Frame of Reference
     … Where is feeling playing a role there? Where’s the perception? Where are the thought fabrications? Where’s the consciousness of this? Which aspect are you clinging to? Can you see the drawbacks of that clinging? It’s helpful here to look in terms of the three perceptions—or of any of the perceptions that help to develop a sense of dispassion. You look … 
  17. Pleasant Practice, Painful Practice
     … So we bring the other factors that shape our experience—our ways of directing our thoughts to a topic and evaluating it—and we apply them to the breath in a way that also gives rise to the way we shape the mind through feelings and perceptions. In other words, we have labels we place on the breath, and we have perceptions that tell … 
  18. Abandoning Effluents (2)
     … our thoughts of getting upset around the pain, the things we tell ourselves about the pain, the perceptions we have—in other words, the way we fabricate around the pain. Those added arrows are the ones that really go into the heart. The first arrow only goes as far as the body, yet we don’t realize that because we’re pulling it in … 
  19. Genuine Satisfaction
     … And they shape the mind, as the Buddha said, with feelings and perceptions. Feeling and perceptions are the things that shape our mind. It’s how you manage a feeling of hunger that’s going to determine what you see. How you identify the hunger, how you label the hunger, and then how you label things outside: All of this shapes the way you … 
  20. Peace on Earth
     … If you reverse the priorities, reverse your perceptions like this, the breath has more range. It can do more in the body. You’re not placing limitations on it. So allow it to just dissolve any unskillful perceptions you may be holding. Each time you breathe in, think of the body as a clean slate. The breath can go everywhere, anywhere, all at once … 
  21. Safety in an Uncertain World
     … Then, of course, there are the perceptions we have around them. Say there’s anger or ill will. We have to look at the perceptions we have about the object of our anger and ill will. We have to look at the perceptions we have about the anger and ill will itself. “Let me tell you something, I don’t have any ill will … 
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