LOVING AWARENESS
"When you give your love to life,
life gives you back its love."
THREE DESCRIPTIONS OF AWARENESS AND LOVE |
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Awareness |
Love |
| Mental Concepts |
Attention |
Intention |
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The bare experience of the body, heart and mind. |
The attitude brought to the experience of the body, heart & mind. |
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| Heart Felt Sense |
Clear and Spacious |
Gentle and Firm |
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A clear and spacious, Awareness unconditioned by judgmental thought. |
Willness to respond to the experience in a gentle and firm manner. |
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| Body Sensations |
Hardness |
Softness |
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Also to a lesser degree- roughness, heaviness, coldness, thightness and posture. |
Also to a lesser degree- smoothness, lightness, flowing and movement. |
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| MEDITATION PHRASES |
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| Awareness (of) |
Love (intention) |
| of the in and out breath (in meditation) |
silent phrases of intention |
| "there is" |
(just trust and rest in awareness) |
| "there is ___" |
"may the ___ be well" |
| "there is tightness" |
"may the tightness be well" |
| "there is tightness in the throat" |
"may the tightness in the throat be well" |
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| DAILY PHRASES |
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| Awareness (of) |
Love (intention) |
| of my thougths, feelings and activities |
stopping to recognize, accept and understand |
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(trust and rest in awareness) |
| "wanting" |
(name the strongest experiences) |
| "there is wanting" |
(honour the experience w/o making it personal) |
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| PHRASES OF ACCEPTANCE |
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| 'things are as they are' |
'what has happened, has happened' |
'what will be, will be' |
| 'just this' 'this also' |
'what is done, is done' |
'anything can happen' |
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| LOVING PHRASES |
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| 'may i be safe' |
'may i be well' |
'may i be content' |
| 'may i be recognized' |
'may i be accepted' |
'may i be understood' |
| 'may i be strong' |
'may i be loved' |
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