Insight 2: Continuing to Look at the Calm Mind

Instructions

Allow the silent times in the recording to directly experience the mind free of analyzing it.

Meditation

  • Let the mind rest, allowing it to be calm. 
  • Look at the calm mind, can you find how it arises? 
  • How does the calm mind abide? 
  • Where does the calm mind go? 
  • Does the calm mind exist inside the body or outside the body? 
  • Can you truly find a location for the calm mind? 
  • Is the calm mind like space? 
  • Relax the looking at the mind. Let the mind rest. 
  • Again, look at the calm mind, what do you find? 
  • Do you find anything identifiable when you look at the calm mind? 
  • Relax the looking and let the mind rest.

After Meditation

  • In what way is the calm mind like space? 
  • In what way is it not like space? 
  • Did you find you wanted to identify the calm mind with concepts? 
  • Do you find you want some way to be able to identify the calm mind? 
  • Can you find any characteristics or location for the calm mind? 
  • Are you able to find the calm mind? 
  • Can you find how the calm mind arises, abides, goes?

During the Day

Take the opportunity to look at the calm mind to develop the ability to recognize a calm mind. 
Stabilize the ability to calm the mind with the ability to look directly at the calm mind. 

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