Guided Meditation - Settling the Mind in Its Natural State, with the Snorkelling Metaphor
Lama Alan · 25 minutes
Lama Alan uses a snorkelling metaphor to move you in stages from the breath to the mind itself. Floating on an air mattress, you rest in the tactile field; then you dip your face beneath the water and turn part of your attention to the space of the mind. Handhold released, thoughts, images and reactions to sounds become the whole object, observed without grasping and without distraction, attentive but not reactive.
Attentional balance Distraction and attention The nature of mind Settling the mind in its natural state Shamatha (calm abiding)