Instructions
Reflect and rest with the quiet times of the recording.
Meditation
- Rest with a calm mind.
- Reflect on the pain of another.
- Is the pain of another a feeling…a concept…a sensation?
- Is it the body or the mind that is aware of pain?
- If it is the mind that feels the pain, how does it feel it?
- If it is the body that feels the pain, how does it feel it?
- Investigate the mind that can embrace someone in pain.
- Investigate the body that can embrace someone in pain.
- Is it your body or your mind that is affected by another’s pain?
- Rest the mind from looking and remain open to all experience.
After Meditation
- When it comes to experiencing pain in another, is it the body that experiences the pain or the mind?
- Is it the mind or the body that is primary in experiencing the pain of another?
- Is one more reliable when it comes to experiencing pain than the other?
- People sometimes say that they react to others and feel it in their body.
- Is it the body that is reacting or is it the mind?
- Do you want to do something with the pain?
- What action or actions can you take when confronted with another’s pain?
During the Day
Look to see how the body is reacting to someone’s pain.
How do you judge the pain from your body’s viewpoint?
How is your mind reacting to someone’s pain?
Check this out during the day.
Do you think that one is more reliable than the other?
Check out the teachings on Tonglen, taking and sending, for a possible action.