Continuing from last week's post......
Taken from Heart Advice, Weekly Quotes from Pema Chodron (click):
REMAINING LIKE A LOG
"The practice of 'remaining like a log' is based on refraining, not repressing.
When you realize you are thinking, just acknowledge that.
Then turn your attention to your breath flowing in and out, to your body,
to the immediacy of your experience.
Doing this allows you to be present and alert, and thoughts have a chance to calm down.
With this practice, it can be helpful to gently breathe in and out
with the restlessness of the energy.
This is a major support for learning to stay present.
Basic wakefulness is right here, if we can just relax.
Our situation is fundamentally fluid, unbiased, and free, and we can tune into this at any time.
When we practice 'remaining like a log', we allow for this opportunity."
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