Exercise
When you contemplate, sit in a relaxed, upright posture and let your mind settle. You can use a meditation technique if you like, but that is not essential.
When you feel ready, first contemplate the way the SELF appears. Ask yourself:
Ask youreslf:
Sometimes one of the questions might spark some insight, sometimes it might be another. Sometimes nothing will happen. That is the way it is with contemplation.
Source:
Kar, A., Selflessness 101, Shambhala Sun, January 2005.
When you contemplate, sit in a relaxed, upright posture and let your mind settle. You can use a meditation technique if you like, but that is not essential.
When you feel ready, first contemplate the way the SELF appears. Ask yourself:
- Do I have one self or many?
- Do I make choices or do decisions just arise in me?
- Is the SELF lasting or momentary?
- What purpose does this SELF serve?
Ask youreslf:
- Is the SELF located in my head, my chest or throughout my body?
- Is the SELF red, white, gray or some other color?
- What shape is the SELF?
Sometimes one of the questions might spark some insight, sometimes it might be another. Sometimes nothing will happen. That is the way it is with contemplation.
Source:
Kar, A., Selflessness 101, Shambhala Sun, January 2005.
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