Receptivity: Practice Morsels

Receptivity. There's this notion that I have to pay attention to the meditation object, that I am meditating, and then I'm going to enforce my will on the meditation. And, yes, sometimes these techniques are needed or this mindset or this approach. Other times, what about letting the object come to me or to you? Letting the breath come to you, waiting for it, and then being breathed instead of breathing.

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Receptivity.

There's this notion that I have to pay attention to the meditation object,

That I am meditating,

And that I'm going to enforce my will on the meditation.

And yes,

Sometimes these techniques are needed,

Or this mindset,

Or this approach,

We can say,

Maybe.

Other times,

What about letting the object come to me,

Or to you?

Letting the breath come to me,

Waiting for it,

And then being breathed instead of me breathing.

Or,

If it's a meditation like Loving-Kindness,

Maybe you want to do this too much,

Or not as the whole practice,

But what would it be like to actually receive Loving-Kindness,

Or receive one's own Loving-Kindness,

Instead of giving it?

So,

This notion of receptivity and receiving,

Allowing,

Kind of a sense of worthiness,

And allowing care to come in.

Maybe there's a sense of surrender,

Acceptance,

Passivity,

But without letting go of alertness,

Awareness,

And a conducive quality of the heart.