Awareness

Ram Dass/Boreta/Superposition

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Settle down into this moment Don't push against the bus or truck passing The horn Just let be what is Let the sensations That you experience in your body Notice them when they arise Then if you hear a sound notice that But keep letting go each one As it arises, notice it and then Be aware of the next thing There's this new horn to be heard And the feeling in your legs Or the feeling of the floor under your feet There's various inner states of your body Maybe hot or cold Tense or relaxed Tired or energetic Just let then awareness be drawn to first the sound Or if that pulls on you And then the sensation in the body Or a smell or a taste or a sight Whatever Do it with your eyes open It might be easier with your eyes closed But you can do it either way you'd like Just letting the phenomena of life arise, exist and change Thoughts arise Memories, judgements, plans See them just like the horns, the traffic, sensations in your body They come, they exist, and then they move on No call to react, just note Note sound, note feelings, sensations, thoughts But just as if you were sitting on the bank of a river And leaves were floating down on top of the river You don't follow the leaf with your eyes You just keep centered and let the leaf come into your vision Come through, and go on What is noticing all of this You could call the noticer Or the witness It's a little like a torch or a flashlight It shines now on this, now on that At one moment it's shining on a thought Another moment on a sensation Another moment on an emotion Another moment on a memory The images just keep coming All the phenomena just keep Arising, existing, and moving on But the torch or the flashlight never shines upon itself Just let the phenomena come and go in their own natural progression Resting more and more deeply In just the awareness That notices all of these things Thoughts of who you are Thoughts of anything at all that arise Just for this moment See them as phenomena arising, existing and moving on The horns that sounded a few minutes ago Where are they? They're gone The thoughts you had a few minutes ago Long gone What you're attending to just a moment ago Now replaced by something else What is common to all of them is the awareness that is noting them Just rest in awareness Awareness of all forms Feelings Thoughts Sensations Each thing you experience is another leaf floating down the stream Notice how certain thoughts and feelings And sensations attract your awareness And your awareness starts to follow the leaf down the stream And then you hear me say just let them go Come back to the awareness