There is the case where the practitioner remains focused on the body in and of itself,
Ardent,
Alert,
And mindful,
Subduing greed and distress with reference to the world.
To the degree to which you direct your mind in this meditation session,
Direct your mind to the body in and of itself.
Included in the body is the sense of posture,
Individual parts of the body,
The body as a whole,
And the sensations of breathing.
Inclined toward an overall sense of fully inhabiting the body,
Any thoughts that arise of greed or distress,
Concerns about the future or past,
For now,
Can be put aside or subdued,
Bringing the attention back to the body in and of itself.
One of the things that you might notice as you observe different aspects of bodily awareness is that these sensations have a tendency to arise and pass away from consciousness.
One moment you are intensely aware of the sensations of your hands,
And another moment that awareness,
Or the intensity of that awareness,
Has passed away.
The arising or origination of awareness,
Especially at the beginning of a sitting,
Has a lot to do with how you direct,
Or do not direct,
Your mind.
As you continually direct your mind back to the body,
You become more and more sensitive to how the mind drifts away,
And how it returns.
The way you breathe,
The way you compose your body,
The way you hold the entirety of your body in your awareness,
Becomes your perceived experience.
The energy of your intention and the resulting energy of your experience are entwined.
Witness the origination,
The arising,
And the passing away of each moment,
Each sensation.
Letting go comes in the wake of witnessing your part in your experience.
Allow the awareness to continue to rest with each rising and falling breath,
The body,
And allow any sense of grasping or clinging to fall away.
Becoming settled in the body is an aspect of concentration,
Where there's a kind of momentum that takes over,
And the sense of effort decreases.
Inclined toward the sense of fullness,
Settledness,
And composure.
Moment by moment,
With each breath,
With the whole body,
Continually refreshed,
Concentrated,
Full.
Even as the meditation ends,
Notice how the mind can choose to remain with the body to some degree,
And notice how the mind can be caught up and redirected elsewhere.
In the last few moments,
Bring some intention to remaining settled in the body,
Aware of the sensations of breathing,
And abide in an overall sense of calm.
