7 a.m.
Morning meditation. Feeling the flow of repulsion and attraction. Surf this for a while and gradually it becomes balance and stillness.
This is a precious few days where I get to just hang out in my mind. I get to feel its power, and its entanglements. I let it sing its own song.
2 pm.
You can try to know phenomena by knowing the nature of each and everything in the world. Or you can know the mind, which is that by which we know each and every thing.
4 pm.
We practiced the three styles:
- Body style, which is a light looking at what is happening in the mind when thoughts arise.
- Speech style, which is like a combination of analytical and noting. We name what kind of knowing or response is happening, and ask who the "worder" is.
- Heart or mind style. We tap into the experience of simply knowing.
I resonate strongly with last type. I felt very at ease just resting in the knowing.
7 pm.
Many reminders of the dangers of getting attached to blissful, clear and non-conceptual states. And reminders that the rough times are part of the process.
Tim spoke about the wisdom that is at the core of each of the three afflictions. Craving = discrimation. Aversion = clarity. Ignorance = non-conceptual.
So I guess we can allow these to unfold naturally.
