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A Taste of Enlightenment: Mindfulness is as Simple as A-B-C. Jim Giorgi Brightpathway
The First Noble Truth:  Life is Suffering ,[object Object],[object Object]
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If you started saying aloud the thoughts that continually and compulsively run through your head, anybody listening to you would think that you were insane.   -Eckhart Tolle
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The advice to  “ think  outside  the box ”  is faulty, because … Thinking  is  the box.   Thinking don’t solve problems   , it creates them
Q: How can you control your thoughts? A: You can’t! But…You CAN control your ATTENTION
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The Dimensions of Attention ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Practiced Activities Multisensory Expanded Perspective Analytical/Judgmental Perceptual Rigidity Narrow Perspective Fragmented State Stress and Isolation Exclusive attention Timelessness Task-Absorbed Expanded Separate Limited Immersed
The Field of Awareness – Limited Attention Emotionally Reactive Thoughts Touch Smell Sound Kinesthetic Taste Intuition Sight Proprioceptive
Meditation is not about controlling thoughts It’s about controlling  ATTENTION
Controlling attention means attending away from thoughts and attending  to the space between  the thoughts
The Field of Awareness – Expanded Attention “Equal and Simultaneous” – “Flexible and Dynamic” ,[object Object],Emotion Thought Sound Touch Smell Proprioceptive Kinesthetic Taste Intuition Sight
The space between the thoughts  has many names: “ Mushin ”   “ Empty Mind ” “ Clear Mind ”
Empty mind is not a mind empty of thoughts but rather empty of the attachments and reactions  to thoughts  Suffering (stress) is not the product of external events but of reactions to thoughts
Like tuning a radio that is between stations, meditation tunes out the “static” of thoughts and allows the “music” to be heard loud and clear
When thoughts arise- Neither entertain nor resist, Have your thoughts without them having you. No attachment or reaction
Meditation is like weight training for one’s “Attentional Muscles” It is emerging from the trap of attachment to thoughts and the reactions to them.
Dissolving the boundaries of thought-created time and space into  Timelessness  and  Spaciousness The Eternal “Present Moment”
“ Master, how may I enter the Tao?” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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“ Get out of your “head” and come to your senses.” See, hear, touch, smell, taste the “suchness”, without label, judgment or condition.
Meditation is learning how to do nothing while you ’ re doing nothing so that you can learn how to  “ do nothing ”  while you ’ re doing something  –   “ Mindfulness ”
Mindfulness is “ Meditation in Action ” Being totally immersed in what you ’ re doing while you’re doing it.  Acting with Effortlessness Being in  “ The Zone ”
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Mindfulness –  As simple as “A-B-C”. A:  A ttention  to present moment  experience (sensations) B:  B reathing C:  C orporal  (Body) Awareness
Hear all sounds as mantras See all beings as Buddhas See all phenomena as Nirvana ,[object Object],The Tibetan “Shortcut” to Enlightenment

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Taste of Enlightenment

  • 1. A Taste of Enlightenment: Mindfulness is as Simple as A-B-C. Jim Giorgi Brightpathway
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7. If you started saying aloud the thoughts that continually and compulsively run through your head, anybody listening to you would think that you were insane. -Eckhart Tolle
  • 8.
  • 9. The advice to “ think outside the box ” is faulty, because … Thinking is the box. Thinking don’t solve problems , it creates them
  • 10. Q: How can you control your thoughts? A: You can’t! But…You CAN control your ATTENTION
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13. The Field of Awareness – Limited Attention Emotionally Reactive Thoughts Touch Smell Sound Kinesthetic Taste Intuition Sight Proprioceptive
  • 14. Meditation is not about controlling thoughts It’s about controlling ATTENTION
  • 15. Controlling attention means attending away from thoughts and attending to the space between the thoughts
  • 16.
  • 17. The space between the thoughts has many names: “ Mushin ” “ Empty Mind ” “ Clear Mind ”
  • 18. Empty mind is not a mind empty of thoughts but rather empty of the attachments and reactions to thoughts Suffering (stress) is not the product of external events but of reactions to thoughts
  • 19. Like tuning a radio that is between stations, meditation tunes out the “static” of thoughts and allows the “music” to be heard loud and clear
  • 20. When thoughts arise- Neither entertain nor resist, Have your thoughts without them having you. No attachment or reaction
  • 21. Meditation is like weight training for one’s “Attentional Muscles” It is emerging from the trap of attachment to thoughts and the reactions to them.
  • 22. Dissolving the boundaries of thought-created time and space into Timelessness and Spaciousness The Eternal “Present Moment”
  • 23.
  • 24.
  • 25. “ Get out of your “head” and come to your senses.” See, hear, touch, smell, taste the “suchness”, without label, judgment or condition.
  • 26. Meditation is learning how to do nothing while you ’ re doing nothing so that you can learn how to “ do nothing ” while you ’ re doing something – “ Mindfulness ”
  • 27. Mindfulness is “ Meditation in Action ” Being totally immersed in what you ’ re doing while you’re doing it. Acting with Effortlessness Being in “ The Zone ”
  • 28.
  • 29. Mindfulness – As simple as “A-B-C”. A: A ttention to present moment experience (sensations) B: B reathing C: C orporal (Body) Awareness
  • 30.