PRACTICE, FREEDOM

Intention to gets some thoughts down on the practice of Freedom.

Introduction, each time we meditate there is something to be learned. But getting it down, as it arises allows for further reflection and application to daily life.

Gathering in the awareness: The ability to move attention from place to place. The practice of placing the attention on the 6 senses of taste, odor, sound, image, sensation and thought. Weight, Spine, Breath: Weight mountain and the cave. Dropping into the calm ocean bottom. Alignment: front to back and side to side (the center line). The importance of moving the awareness around the body Awareness & breath to the Lower Belly, Solar Plexus, Between the Shoulders

Recognize and Accept:
Breath out & rest, recognize and rest in what is recognized, Recognize and become one with the Body, Heart or Mind rather than become "I AM"

Breath work:
Left and Right nostril: Opening the right nostril for alertness, Opening the left nostril for calmness, To rebalance the mind 7-10 min, Out-1234-In-1234-switch. Out-1234- In-1234,-switch. Out-1234.
Counting: Reverse counting and resting, in-out 1and rest, in-out 2 and rest, in-out 3 and rest: 3, 7, 21

Content:
Meditation is watching the BHM w/o becoming the WATCHER, OK to move.
Freedom- Bliss, Stillness the essence of the unconditioned, looking at the qualities/characteristics, but we/it are not definable. The many faces of GOD. What is inside is actual undiscribleable/unnamable/undescribleable.
Awareness is freedom- the taking 1 step back of awareness and sense it eg "seeing is being known" rather then "I am seeing"

Energy:
Wasting energy: do the activity with fully engaged, release any of the held mental to physical energy. Energy of the activity light and bright or heavy and dull.
Acquiring external knowledge (Stress Resources) and Intuitive internal knowledge (Meditation Teaching)
Silent mantra

Introduction of the theme, Exercise for the experience, Add content, Q & A, Summary