Welcome to this meditation on mindfulness of thought with Peter Radcliffe.
This meditation is very simple and yet very profound and it's actually practiced quite commonly in countries like Burma because it's such a special meditation.
We can use it to literally dissolve distractions before they become stories in our mind and thus take us away from the meditation object.
So when you're ready we can begin.
Sit in meditation posture and bring your mind to your breath.
Now as you think about your breath repeat the words breathing,
Breathing,
Breathing in time with your breath and repeat this process for as long as possible until you have a distraction.
Once you have a distraction whatever that distraction is just say the word of that distraction three times in time with the breath.
So for example bird singing,
Bird singing,
Bird singing,
Pain in the knee,
Pain in the knee and so on.
Every time you have a distraction make sure you repeat that thought or that distraction three times in time with the breath.
If you have a distraction during those three breaths just save it up to repeat once those three breaths are over and if you don't have any distraction then simply go back to concentrating on the breath and repeat the mantra breathing in time with the breath.
See if you can keep this up for as long as possible and try to notice and be aware of what happens to the distractions as you do so.
