Observing Emotions
Glen Svensson · 75 minutes
Two guided practices: in the first we observe thoughts with the gaze raised against dullness and lowered against agitation, and in the second we turn to emotions, moods and reactions to whatever is pleasant or unpleasant. Glen Svensson explains the stages of release, from recognising a thought nakedly to self-release, the thief who finds an empty house. He maps four stages of progress, from a waterfall of thoughts to a still lake. Questions cover thoughts that vanish as soon as they are watched.
Shamatha (calm abiding)