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"The first step
"The first step

in witnessing the mind

is to feel.

Close your eyes

and bring your focus

on feeling the sensations

in this moment

without defining them.

Whatever sensations

that you notice,

allow yourself to feel them.

You do not need to label them or describe them.

Simply feel what is here without thinking about it.

Do this now.

Now, from this point

of feeling,

feel your entire being.

Feel the sensation

of existing in this moment.

Let yourself fully rest

in this sensation of existing.

With your eyes closed, notice the feeling that you exist.

Not as a person or a name, but simply existance itself.

Relax into it.

Allow breathing to happen,

allow thinking to happen

but let your attention rest

on feeling yourself existing.

If you do this,

you will notice

that this feeling of existing

does not have boundaries

and does not have a form.

It includes everything.

Everything that arises

arises out of this

feeling of being.

Nothing needs to be included

or excluded

because it all arises

out of this same feeling

of existence.

And this feeling of existence

is conscious.

You cannot separate

consciousness

and existence.

And the more you rest in this feeling,

the more subtle and expansive it gets.

You can begin to watch

thoughts arise and disappear

in this consciousness.

You do not need to interpret them.

They are like books arising.

You do not need to open the book

and see what is inside,

you simply see it as a book

and let it go.

In this you can begin to experience

the thoughts arising as energy.

Energy arising in energy

and disappearing back into

the same formless

conscious energy.

Energy moving

through energy.

Very blissful.

Blessings,

Kip"

How to Witness the Mind in Meditation

By: Kip Mazuy

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