Turning Towards the Difficult

Sitting Meditation: Turning towards the difficult:

1. Awareness of Breath and Body
2. Gently turning towards the difficult
3. Broadening into the whole of our experience. (Choiceless Awareness)

Intention - Practising awareness to the whole of our experience, cultivating equanimity
Attention - Bringing our attention to both the neutral, pleasant and the unpleasant aspects of our actual moment to moment experience
Attitude - Curiosity, Openness, Acceptance and Kindness

Allowing whatever we may currently be finding difficult or painful to simply be there…... with a soft, .. gentle. .. kindly, non—judgemental attitude……

Exploring onwards…... maybe shifting the focus of awareness to become sensitive to the pleasant dimensions of the moment…….seeking out the pleasant

And now broadening out our field of awareness to include and ‘hold’ both the neutral, unpleasant and pleasant aspects of moment by moment experience, being spacious to whatever arises.

Reviews

Such an essential teaching for times of conflict, uncertainty, discomfort. Discomfort can become pain, then anger, then hatred, and ultimately violence. Peace in the world comes from within, from teachings like this, from being with difficult emotions, in more skilled and wiser ways.

One of the best guided meditations I’ve ever experienced. Pacing, voice quality, combo of talk with silent periods, quiet background- with a powerful message, intention. Thank you!

Very grounded. Thank you.

Thank you Bodhin. Reassuring, compassionate meditation.

I appreciate this calming, grounding, and "beingness" approach. Thank you 🙏