Morning,
Afternoon,
Evening.
Let's start with reading a short extract from Lao Tzu.
From the doubty yi qing.
Always,
We hope.
Someone else has the answer.
Some other place will be better.
Some other time it will all turn out.
But this is it.
No one else has the answer.
Nor the place will be better.
And it has already turned down.
At the center of your being,
You have the answer.
You know who you are and you know what you want.
There is no need to run outside for better seeing,
Not to peer from a window.
Rather abide at the center of your being,
For the more you leave it,
The less you learn.
And that's what we do,
Isn't it?
We leave it.
That's exactly what we're doing here.
Interrupting that tends you to leave here.
Here it is very simple,
It's just the senses,
The body,
Presence,
Whatever you want to call it.
The mind is a brilliant tool,
But we leave it through,
You could call it,
Discursive thought.
Mental chatter.
It's like a mental static.
And that's why we get confused.
Depressed.
Miserable.
And happy.
Our natural state is one of.
.
.
Well-being or happiness.
But we do unhappiness.
It's something we do.
So just here you were just doing it less.
And nearly everybody's.
Walking around.
Thinking nearly all the time.
And many of us don't even know it.
Who don't even know he's thinking.
So what we're doing here is becoming conscious and aware.
It's the only way out.
This is not the only way to do it,
Of course.
I'm sure there are other ways.
We're doing it here.
That's why we sit still for a while,
For a period each day.
Seem to suspend time.
At the center.
So to speak.
In the senses.
Not looking for big breakthroughs?
Big experiences,
Some extraordinary experience.
What we're doing here is becoming more intimate with our present experience.
I,
The feeling of the hands just resting together.
Because that's your experience.
And where we can be with our present experience without the overlay of conceptualization.
There's a sweetness to it.
So you can take a deep breath if you wish.
Remember you can use the mantra to begin with.
Sharine.
Showering in sync with the breath.
It's just a word.
Just for a minute or two.
Just keep it simple.
Just feeling the breath.
Where is the attention right now?
Remember as the words said,
There's nowhere better.
A belief that there's somewhere better is endless.
So we never settle.
What's going on?
Be moved from the center.
Okay,
Just come back to the hearing or feeling the breath.
And the body.
A sense of presence.
What's happening right now?
Just checking you're not chasing some.
.
.
Special state to an experience.
Not efforting.
If you are,
Just take a deep breath.
And there you go.
As the attention.
Nothing to achieve,
So relax.
Okay,
Can bring this session to a close.
A little stretch.
Thank you all,
Have a good day.
