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| Evolution of Love Part 2 |
Boredom: Seeing repetition and getting bored. Remind yourself that what you are seeing is always new. Every breath, every thought, every image, every step or movement, you experience is brand new. Mark the ending of experience carefully. Doubt: Before anything else see the teacher because different methods apply. Look into this doubt mind, no reason to get alarmed, it’s a very natural thing, but if questions arise while you are practicing don’t try to answer them. Leave them for later. Remorse: Again, see the teacher before anything else, because different methods apply. Don’t let it affect you, or the present moment. Doubt and Remorse will arise when the practice is good. Look directly into the mind that’s causing it. Sensual Desire: Ask sensual desire: Why do you arise? Who are you? Human life is the perfect environment for fighting and extinguishing defilement. Forget suppression, samatha practice and locking up yourself in a volt! Look repeatedly at the mental feelings, and the pictures in your mind until you can understand the composition of its characteristic feeling. (Don’t be surprised at this stage if the hindrance gets stronger). Also check your mental attitude: Do I desire this, or do I dislike it? Do I fear it ? At this stage upekkha will arise, then as you look back at the object, it will disappear. (This will do for beginners who find out the characteristics of desire for food for example. However the same method applies to desiring all kinds of things.) An experienced practitioner would check his mental attitude first and then check bodily sensations and would avoid looking at the mental image. Will drop the image immediately, and again and again if necessary. The difficulty one faces with the dropping of the image, shows the strength of the attachment. This last method works with all sense objects. This latest practice will help you understand how mental attitudes and mental feelings cause you to suffer. |
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