A Meditation From Appreciating Slothfulness

Sometimes I have an endless supply of energy. But there are also times when 
my mind is sluggish, not bright. Life feels exhausting or boring or blah. Does this happen for you?



The good thing is, when I turn my attention to the blah feeling itself, my mind wakes up. 
I can see how sluggish I feel, but I can also see that it’s temporary, and even get interested in it, as yet another fascinating state of mind.

Transcript

So,

Finding a comfortable posture that is upright and will support you right now in this moment.

Dropping into the body,

Just letting the attention drop into the body,

Almost like letting go of everything you're carrying and just letting the attention drop straight into the body,

Letting the mind relax if that's available,

Letting go of any effort,

Any investigation,

Anything at all,

Just letting go and locating the breath and just riding the waves of the breath.

And as you do that,

Beginning to turn the attention more closely to the body and how is the body feeling,

What's present in the body,

Is there exhaustion,

Or is there a kind of slothfulness,

A kind of inability to energize the body,

Like,

Is the body beginning to slump as you're sitting,

Just in this very sit,

And if so,

Can you just be with it and maybe breathe a little energy into it,

Very gently,

Breathe some energy into the body.

And how about the mind?

Can we bring our mindfulness to what's going on in these beautiful minds that we have?

And can we look without any criticism or judgment or anything at all and just see,

Is the mind bright and awake,

Or is there a sluggishness?

If there is a sluggishness,

I mean,

Don't call it up if it's not there,

But if it's there,

What changes when you turn your attention to it,

Or you get interested in it as a quality of mind?

For the last minute of our sit together,

Just really appreciating this practice that we have,

This ability that we have to bring mindfulness to whatever is happening.

And if there are hindrances present for you,

Appreciating that you can see them.

Pretty amazing.