Find a comfortable position on the floor or in a chair.
In a chair be mindful that the back is straight,
The eyes are closed,
And the jaw is relaxed.
Wherever you are take a few deep breaths,
Allowing the body to settle.
Bring your awareness to any sounds around you.
Allow your hearing to stretch into the distance moving from sound to sound.
As you listen for sounds be aware of your ears hearing the sounds.
As you're aware of the ears hearing be aware of your mind processing the sounds.
Just as you are aware of the ears hearing the mind processing be aware of you witnessing the sounds.
If the mind goes into thinking mode pull it back to the practice remembering that you are the witness.
Now move your awareness to the sensation of touch on your skin.
Notice what's touching your skin.
Notice the temperature on your skin.
Is it warm,
Cool,
Or comfortable?
Notice any clothing on the skin.
Is it loose,
Fitted,
Soft?
Notice the clothing touching your skin.
Notice where skins touching other skin.
Continue to scan the body for sensations of touch.
Being aware of this external sensory mode that we're in.
Now move the awareness to any taste on the tongue.
What do you taste on your tongue?
Move the awareness to any smells in the nose.
And keep watching here for sounds in the ears,
The sensation of touch,
Tastes on the tongue,
Smells in the nose.
If the mind goes into thinking mode pull it back to the practice remembering that you are the witness.
Be mindful that the witness is aware without judgment.
Now bring your awareness to your third eye,
That space between the eyebrows,
And let that awareness represent a point.
Imagine a bright white light shining from this point of awareness and around that point are all of the sensations and organs of perception.
Visualize the light slowly drawing inward.
Let go of the senses and begin to observe the spontaneous flow of thoughts.
Watch the thoughts coming from the mind.
Let any thought come,
See it,
And let it go.
Thoughts will continue to come up like bubbles.
They rise from the surface and just as quickly they dissipate.
Let the thoughts come,
See them,
Let them go.
If you begin to follow a thought,
Notice that you are thinking,
Say thinking,
And return to observation.
Let any thought come,
See it,
Let it go.
Be aware now of any reoccurring thoughts.
Are there any patterns you notice in your mind?
Imagine a shelf in front of you with jars and label the jars with each of the patterns of your mind.
Imagine a thought comes in,
You reach for the jar that that thought aligns with,
You put that thought in the jar and place it on the shelf.
Doing this same pattern with every thought.
See it,
Recognize it,
Let it go.
Notice now any emotions that come up.
Be the witness to these emotions tied to thoughts.
Let any thought come,
Recognize its pattern,
Recall the emotion tied to the thought,
Let it go,
Let it go,
Let it go.
Imagine that shelf in front of you again with those mason jars of thoughts.
Place each of the thoughts coming up here as we round down our practice into those jars.
Seal the jars and leave the thoughts behind.
As you seal the last jar of your thoughts,
Begin to recognize any sounds outside of your body.
Stretch your hearing into the distance,
Moving from sound to sound.
Be aware of the physical body and the ground beneath you feeling supported.
Recognize the room that you're in and your place in that room.
Take a deep breath in and let it go.
Begin to move and stretch the body fully externalizing.
Take another deep breath in and let it go.
And the practice of Entenarmon is complete.
