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  2. Culture Shock
     … And of course there will be culture shock when your ordinary old desires, your old habits are thwarted, screaming for attention. But you have to look: Exactly where are they going to take you? They take you back to that world of opposites, the world where there’s nothing in a really pure form. If you’re nurturing your desires in that context, you … 
  3. Close to What You Know
     … That shows you the power of your thought, the power of your assumptions, what they call attention, or manasikara , in the texts. So again, the knowledge here is knowledge of what you’re doing and the results you get: that’s the basic data, that’s where your knowledge is clearest. When you move out away from that and make assumptions, you get more … 
  4. Question Your Perceptions
     … Try to give them all equal weight, equal attention. See what that does. Admittedly, these are sketches, but they’re sketches with a purpose. As you’re practicing concentration, you want to get really clear about what your perceptions are, and what purposes they serve, because as you develop insight, perceptions will play a huge role as well. The forest ajaans talk often about … 
  5. Choosing Not to Suffer
     … But if you pay attention to it, you begin to see that it can give rise to feelings of comfort, and you can tap into what the Buddha calls the potential for rapture. There is a potential for rapture and refreshment right here in the body. How do you breathe in such way that you can tap into that? How do you breathe in … 
  6. Complaining Rights
     … We all learn at an early age that if you complain, you get attention, you get sympathy. For many of us, that’s the way we deal with our sufferings. There are even cases where people don’t want to be told a way to solve the suffering. They just want the sympathy. Our society is getting better and better at complaining, and we … 
  7. A Divine Seat
     … You direct your attention someplace and then you discuss it with yourself. Then there are perceptions and feelings, which are mental fabrications. Perceptions are the mental images you hold in mind, like the image of the breath energy going down the spine, or the image of the breath coming up through the soles of the feet or filling the chest, bathing the body. Think … 
  8. Samvega & Pasada
     … Which means, of course, that you’ve got to learn how to pay more attention to it. If you can make it interesting, it gets easier and easier to stay. The part of your mind that’s looking for entertainment or at least looking for something new, something to learn about things: You can focus it here. There’s a lot to learn about … 
  9. Inner Discontent
     … He has you develop that kind of contentment because he wants you to pay more attention inside. As long as long as there’s still suffering in the mind, you can’t be content with what’s going on in the mind. You have to be very careful, very watchful, to figure out exactly what it is you’re doing that’s causing suffering … 
  10. Adolescent Practice
     … You’ve got to invest the time and attention needed to develop a skill. You’re getting to know the breath. It’s like getting to know a person. As the Buddha said with regard to that kind of knowledge, you have to be observant and willing to put in a fair amount of time. Only then can you gain a sense of familiarity … 
  11. Only Natural
     … So pay attention to them. They’re your barometer. As for any other conversations coming into the mind right now, regard them as not-self. You have that choice, you know. When things come up in the mind, there’s no need to say, “This must be me or mine because it’s in my mind.” Who knows where it comes from? Even if … 
  12. The Burning House
     … Get to know how thoughts arise in the present moment, how they take shape, how they get nourished by your attention, and how you can starve some thoughts if you find that they’re unhealthy or unhelpful. There are lots of things to learn here. But even though this is our home, we won’t be spending all of our time at home. There … 
  13. Respect for Suffering
     … If the mind is going to start commenting on other things, don’t pay any attention to it. Bring it right back here right now. Try to be alert to what’s going on. You can’t be complacent. Because the mind has a tendency: its old habit of running off, running off, running off. And for the most part, we’re willing to … 
  14. There’s Work to Be Done
     … The first thing you direct your attention to is to see what rhythm of breathing feels good. He recommends long breathing to start with, to energize the body, and as long as long breathing feels refreshing and energizing, keep it up. When it starts feeling tiring, then you can let it calm down, get it shorter, more shallow. And take an interest in the … 
  15. Mindfulness: The Whole Formula
     … The problem’s inside, the potential solution is also inside, so you want to pay attention to what you’re doing inside. As the Buddha said, look at your actions as you would look into a mirror, because that’s where the source of the problem is—in your actions—and that’s where the solution can be found. These three qualities are what … 
  16. Wild Horses
     … In the meantime, though, you can work in the direction of overcoming that fear by paying very careful attention of the qualities of your mind. This is where the practice of compunction and heedfulness comes in. As you work on developing skillful qualities, you realize that they really do have a good impact. As you let go of unskillful qualities, it does have a … 
  17. Becomings
     … So give this your full attention—mindful, ardent, alert—and see what you learn.
  18. Your World to Practice In
     … Where’s the movement that tells you, “Now the breath is coming in, now the breath is going out”? Focus your attention there. Notice if it’s comfortable. There should be a balance: not too long, not too short. You start with long breathing to wake up the body. And depending on how much oxygen you need, you can stick with long breathing for … 
  19. Practicing Your Scales
     … And the more attention you pay to them, the more lessons you learn.
  20. Knowing the Body from Within
    Knowing the Body from Within December 23, 2008 As you’re meditating and listening to the Dhamma talk, give most of your attention to the breath, to your actual meditation object. The talk is here in the background, pointing things out that may or may not be appearing right now in your breath, in your mind. The actual Dhamma is right there in the … 
  21. Meaningful Freedom
     … That requires sensitivity and your full attention, which is what alertness is all about. Finally there’s the desire to do this well. You have to be ardent about it. If the mind wanders off, you have to bring it right back. If it wanders off again, bring it back again. You’re the one making the decisions right now. You want to be … 
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