Fw: Step 2 - "feeling concentration"

["Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>]

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From: "jcsz1" <jcsz1@...>
To: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@...>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 11:09 PM
Subject: Re: Step 2 - "feeling concentration"


> Hi NB,
> 
> In addition to Rawn's comments there is something you can also try. 
> Next time you feel cold, still all your thoughts and just 
> concentrate on the sensation without labeling it "cold". Still all 
> your feelings and interpretations of the sensation like discomfort 
> or aversion. Just be pure awareness of the sensation of cold. If 
> you practice this you will find that you have filtered out all your 
> own imput and are closer to the essential meaning of the sensation. 
> You are no longer bothered by the cold, but still aware of it.
> 
> Then, the next time you are doing the feeling concentration 
> exercise, try to reproduce that exact feeling/sensation you had when 
> you were aware of the cold without your own filters overlaid.
> 
> I'm not sure if this method has already been given somewhere on the 
> forum in the past, but anyway, I hope it helps!
> 
> Julia
>