So imagine that you are entering into a temple and you meet this gatekeeper at the gate who is not letting you in.
This gatekeeper is our distracted mind that prevents us from going into deeper awareness.
It's important to understand this distracted mind.
It's important to.
.
.
Listen to this.
Distracted mind and not just kind of ignore it.
Because,
Think of this,
Imagine that a child comes to you,
You are working and a child comes to you,
And the child is constantly.
.
.
Asking for your attention and you are unable to work,
You are feeling distracted.
What do you do?
Do we just ignore the child or do we,
You know,
Become angry?
No,
We don't usually do that.
What we do is we listen to the child.
We listen to the child.
We listen to the need of the child.
We acknowledge it.
And then,
When the child is happy,
When the need is fulfilled,
The child goes away.
So I follow a similar approach.
For this distracted mind.
Rather than just ignoring it,
I talk to it.
I listen to it.
And I like to see what it is saying.
So,
Allowing first to listen yourself to these thoughts.
You know,
There are these many voices in our heads that are distracting us from the present moment awareness,
That are preventing us from going deep into awareness.
So,
Let's listen to the distracted mind.
So,
I will invite you to join me in this practice now,
In which we will bring up this distracted mind as a person or as a person or as an entity,
As a form,
We will give a form to this distracted mind,
Any form.
And we will listen to it.
And let's see what happens.
So allow yourself to be in your meditative posture now.
And again stabilizing your awareness at a point in the line of your sight.
And gradually allowing your eyes to close.
Bringing your awareness to your breath.
And as we did in the previous sessions Breathing in white light.
And breathing out black smoke.
Breathing in presence and breathing out distraction.
As you are breathing out this distraction in the form of this black smoke.
This distraction is gradually transforming.
Is gradually transforming in front of you.
And it is becoming.
An entity.
A personality.
This is your distracted mind taking a form.
Gradually notice what form this black smoke is taking.
Gradually the form of this entity is appearing,
And this entity can be anything,
Human,
Non-human.
Notice what form it takes.
It might take a form of a child or an animal.
Or any other form of entity.
And Now you can clearly see this entity.
Its features are clear to you.
Body language,
Facial expressions.
And now it's time to interact with this entity.
First,
Hold space for this entity allow it to express itself.
Listen to what this entity what the distracted mind has to tell you.
So I will be silent for a while as you Allow yourself to listen.
And now it's your turn.
Allow yourself to now say something back to this entity,
Maybe acknowledging it or telling it that I will fulfill your need.
But for now,
I want to be present.
Or anything else you feel like saying naturally.
And now allow this conversation to be a free form conversation,
Whatever.
You feel like saying or whatever this entity feels like saying back to you.
Gradually bringing this conversation to its completion.
And now gradually.
.
.
Imagine that this entity is dissolving back into that black smoke.
And then it's disappearing into the air.
Or you could also see it leaving your room,
Leaving your space.
Now bringing your awareness back to yourself.
You can.
.
.
Wiggle your toes,
Move your fingers.
And very slowly then allowing the eyes to open.
As we bring this practice to its completion.
Thank you for meditating with me today.
