Re: Fw: Step 2 - "feeling concentration"

["newbieonekenhobby" <newbieonekenhobby@...>]

Dear Julia,

<< I'm not sure if this method has already been given somewhere on 
the forum in the past, but anyway, I hope it helps! >>

It already did :-) 

...With Winter approaching, the opportunities to practice will be 
plenty ! I may even have to focus on the essential meaning of 
vitamin C :-)

Many thanks for your idea, Julia.

NB

--- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@n...> 
wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jcsz1" <jcsz1@y...>
> To: "Rawn Clark" <rawnclark@n...>
> 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
> >