One of the things that we recommend in mindfulness practice is to practice non-reactive awareness, where you are not interfering with what is happening. You see it clearly for what it is. But some people have as a pre-existing assumption that they are not supposed to interfere. Then they get a little confused when they notice that awareness itself, without any intention to change anything, changes the context enough that things begin to change. It is like an ecosystem. If you bring one element into an ecosystem, the whole system has to adapt. So when you bring awareness into the mental ecosystem, everything else has to adapt and change in relationship to it. This is a healthy change. It does not have to be intentional, as if you are trying to change anything, but awareness has the nature of changing everything.
Questioner: I guess what is confusing is the notion that awareness is somehow different or separate, or that it is some kind of creation that exists….I guess I’ll have to meditate more to articulate it.
Gil: It is a great line of articulation. Would you like to wait?
Questioner: Yes.
New Questioner: If it is your goal to be free from suffering, how might that goal manifest in your daily practice?
Gil: Maybe it is useful to start in small ways. Buddhism is a great world religion that talks about freedom from suffering, and some people suffer more from encountering Buddhism that if they had not encountered it. (audience laughter) So that is rather unfortunate and kind of ironic. One of the ways we suffer more has to do with how we relate to the practice.
One of the things that we recommend in mindfulness practice is to practice non-reactive awareness, where you are not interfering with what is happening. You see it clearly for what it is. But some people have as a pre-existing assumption that they are not supposed to interfere. Then they get a little confused when they notice that awareness itself, without any intention to change anything, changes the context enough that things begin to change. It is like an ecosystem. If you bring one element into an ecosystem, the whole system has to adapt. So when you bring awareness into the mental ecosystem, everything else has to adapt and change in relationship to it. This is a healthy change. It does not have to be intentional, as if you are trying to change anything, but awareness has the nature of changing everything.Questioner: I guess what is confusing is the notion that awareness is somehow different or separate, or that it is some kind of creation that exists….I guess I’ll have to meditate more to articulate it.Gil: It is a great line of articulation. Would you like to wait?Questioner: Yes.New Questioner: If it is your goal to be free from suffering, how might that goal manifest in your daily practice?Gil: Maybe it is useful to start in small ways. Buddhism is a great world religion that talks about freedom from suffering, and some people suffer more from encountering Buddhism that if they had not encountered it. (audience laughter) So that is rather unfortunate and kind of ironic. One of the ways we suffer more has to do with how we relate to the practice.
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