Allowing What Is To Dissolve Into Happiness Of Limitless Being

This meditative contemplation guides a thread of your awareness through moments of stress into an ocean of happiness. It begins with acknowledging the internal battle between wanting more of what we want and less of what we do not want that rages inside our head. By dropping resistance, thought and sensation fades and morphs into limitless being.

Transcript

And there's an internal battle that's going on most of the time,

You know,

Inside our heads.

We want more of what we want,

We want less of what we don't want.

It even extends into our dreams at night.

You know,

There's a,

You know,

We're doing what we're doing,

But there's a sense of enjoyment,

A sense of not enjoying it,

Wanting things to be different than the way it is.

And we keep doing things to try and get more of what we want,

And keep doing things to try and get less of what we don't want.

The meditation and the mindfulness allows us to step back and see ourselves as if we were,

You know,

In our own movie.

Focus some attention on the way you're sitting.

And if there's anything uncomfortable,

Just rearrange a little bit so you're more comfortable.

And just watch,

Watch the breath that is flowing in and out.

See if there's a little bit of that ocean sound,

The constriction in the back of the nose,

Towards the back top of the nose.

You may notice the temperature of the air or maybe not,

Might be a little cooler sensation as you breathe in,

A little warmer as you breathe out,

But that may or may not be there.

And then just notice what's happening within your mind right now.

Any thoughts,

Any sensations that you're feeling,

Memories or planning into the future or recurring concerns,

Whatever happens to be aware,

You know,

It'll keep changing.

You know,

The thoughts might change,

It might go from some thinking or to sensations,

Some pressure you're feeling or an itchy area or another memory or a different sound comes up.

So just watch that for a moment.

Keeping the awareness of the breath as a background,

Maybe 50% of your awareness and the other half of your awareness on whatever is coming through the thoughts or the other sensations.

And whatever is in your awareness right now,

Imagine it as though you're watching a movie.

It could be a movie where you're watching somebody sitting and there's little bubbles above the person's head about what they're thinking.

And bring to mind the question of who's watching the movie?

This movie is going on.

You're aware of it.

You're aware of it.

You're aware of the moment that you're going to be watching the movie and you're aware of it.

You're aware of the moment that you're watching the movie and you're aware of the moment that you're watching the movie.

As the movie is playing,

The thoughts in your mind are there.

Who's aware of that?

Who's watching the thoughts that are being projected on the screen of your mind?

It's like the voice in your head that we kind of talk to ourselves.

Who's listening to those words?

Who's there?

So it's like the awareness of the sensation right now with the city.

You can feel the pressure of the cushion you're sitting on.

So you're aware of that in the same way that you're aware of the thoughts in your mind.

So you're watching,

You're aware of the sensation,

You're aware of the thoughts.

And what I'm saying is to allow those thoughts to be like a movie that you're watching.

And it might be thoughts you like,

It might be thoughts you don't like.

Who's making the movie?

Where's that movie coming from?

Are you making up the movie that you're watching?

So if you don't like the movie at some point,

Maybe not now,

But maybe some other time earlier today or tomorrow,

If you don't like the movie,

You don't like the show,

Change the channel and watch something else.

Sometimes it's really sticky,

You know,

Kind of get stuck and you get that.

It doesn't want to change.

You try and change the channel,

But the same repetitive thinking,

The same repetitive circle of thought keeps coming back around again,

A concern about something.

And sometimes it's hard to change,

To change that station.

But if you start to be the who,

Who was watching the movie,

Not the movie.

So that's where the attention to the breath and the mindfulness and the practice of meditation creates more space between the watcher of the movie and the movie.

And sometimes you can,

You can like you're in the movie theater and you know,

You're watching a movie,

It could be within your own mind,

You know,

You're watching a movie,

You know,

It's a repetitive cycle that maybe you want to change the station.

It's stuck on that station,

Doesn't want to change,

But you're still separated.

You still have some space between prior to that,

You with a movie,

You identified as being the movie that's there.

And with the meditation practice,

You become separated from it,

You become the watcher of the movie.

And then you step back a little bit more,

You become the,

The who that's making the movie.

And then the realization that you can change the channel.

So part of that is to let go of being the movie and be the who,

Who is watching it.

And one of the ways to begin in that direction is,

Is to drop all the resistance to whatever is happening in the movie.

Whatever is happening there is happening there.

You're now somewhat separated from the movie,

You're now watching the movie.

There may be resistance to what the movie,

The content of the movie.

So we try and just let it be to drop any resistance to the thoughts,

To the sensations,

And just watch it go by.

Letting go into what is in order to be with it.

So if it's a joyful thought,

It seems to be easier because it feels good.

So we let go and we join it.

But if it's a uncomfortable thought,

We try and push it away.

We try and resist the thought.

The more we resist it,

The more we try and push it away,

The stickier it becomes.

But if we allow the thought to be there without resisting it,

It tends to dissolve.

So if you can imagine,

Even not having the moment or the connection right now to do it,

But just to imagine,

If all the resistance of the body was dropped to any discomfort,

If all the resistance to it was dropped,

What would be left?

And if all the resistance to the thoughts in the mind were dropped,

What would be left?

So try that right now,

Whatever is in your mind right now.

See if you can see it as a movie.

Whatever feeling sensation,

Whether it seems related or unrelated to whatever's in your mind,

Just try and let any sensations just drop and fade away.

And then what's left when there's no sensation?

And whatever thoughts or images are in your mind,

Drop any resistance to what may be there.

Just letting it be.

So when the resistance of the body and resistance of the mind are dropped,

What is left?

So what do the eyes see without resistance?

If your eyes were open and you were just looking,

Not evaluating what you're seeing,

We're just looking what the eyes see without resistance.

And what does the body feel without resistance?

The eyes are seeing what's there,

But without resistance,

It's allowing whatever the images are to be there.

Whatever the mind is thinking,

Whatever the thoughts are,

They're there,

But without resisting them,

They're just like clouds in the sky flowing by.

They come into awareness and they're allowed to float out.

Without resisting them,

They don't stay.

So that state of awareness or meditation of what we see,

What the eyes see without resistance,

And what the body feels without resistance,

May be called limitless being.

Resting in that space of limitless being.

As new thoughts and new sensations arise,

Allow the thoughts and sensations to be there without resistance.

Just watching,

Just watching the movie.

And if you would like,

Change the channel and watch another movie.

And then allowing your breath to deepen and bringing awareness more fully back into the body.

Maybe wiggling your toes and becoming aware of that body sensation of your toes rubbing against each other.

And back to the sensation of the breath flowing in and out.

And taking a nice,

Deep,

Refreshing breath,

Holding the air in at the top of the breath for a moment.

Letting the air flow out in a long,

Slow breath.

And then allowing your breath to just follow its own rhythm,

Its own pattern.

And as you're ready,

Allowing your eyes to open.

And then allowing your breath to just follow its own pattern.