Sitting With Faith

Faith can be a simple thing — just recognizing that when we let go of distracting thoughts and allow ourselves to settle into our own experience, we become happier. We can recognize that not only does the mind know how to be distracted, but it also knows how to find its own way back to mindful awareness.

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So let's just settle in.

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Softening the eyes.

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Letting the eyes be kinder.

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Our attention beginning to connect more deeply with the body.

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Noticing the breathing.

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The breathing not just as the breath,

But any and all sensation.

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Connected,

However indirectly.

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With the process of air flowing in and out of the body.

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Sensations from the inner core of the body.

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Right out to the skin.

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Sensations from the diaphragm.

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Down into the feet.

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Through the arms and into the hands.

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And right up to the crown of the head,

Which is rising and falling in time with the breathing.

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And I just encourage you to have faith.

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Faith in the practice.

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Faith in the fact that no matter how many times the mind wanders,

It comes back to mindful attention again.

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Faith in the fact that repeatedly coming back to the breathing has benefits.

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It brings a little more calmness.

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It changes the brain.

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It brings a little more contentment.

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It changes our emotional habits in the long term.

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So just see if you can bring this faith to mind.

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And bury it in mind.

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Throughout the practice.

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If you don't have that faith.

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Just doing the practice.

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And seeing if that faith arises over time.

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And any time you realise that you've been distracted.

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Just recognising that the mind found its own way home.

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Just reminding yourself that it did that.

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That it always does that.

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Every time the mind returns from distraction.

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Recognising that you have the choice to be happy about having come home again.

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You can just continue.

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Sitting with faith.

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Or sitting cultivating faith.

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Until you hear the bell.

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Reviews

I really enjoyed the space left between, as that is one of the things I really like in my meditations.
Thank you! 🙏

Dear Bodipaksha - Thank you for these peaceful moments with a reminder to have faith in our practice. 🙏🏻