Step 2-Engaging with Sounds and Inner Awareness

By now, you should be used to going to your mindful place to find refuge and integrate it into your daily routine.

Stage 2 assumes that you can easily move into your inner universe and remain there for a while. If this is not the case, please continue to work with Step 1 until it is.

If you cannot do that, use a light source, such as a desk light or sunshine.

Be careful of your posture.

It would be best if you were sitting independently of back support; think of the crown of your head going upwards into the sky and the base of your spine going down into your seat. Sitting cross-legged is not necessary but if you can, wonderful!

Please check out Mindful Practices for Spine Health on my other site, JambhalaWealth. It reminds you that improper sitting can damage your back. Many other mindfulness articles are on this site, so when you have time, please read them.

Follow this simple visual guide to entering into your mindful state. Keep it in your mind when you are out in the world.

Two Steps to becoming a witness in your life

Step 1:

Listen out around the far edge of your environment – outside your workspace.

Listen for traffic noise, planes or helicopters, people’s voices, dogs barking, people moving around in other rooms of your home, etc.

Just enjoy moving your attention around and be careful not to react but observe or witness what you can hear

Step 2:

Then, move your attention inside your workspace and tune in to what you can detect there.

You may hear electricity buzzing or your PC activating but continue witnessing and resisting reacting or classifying what you are detecting.

Some teachers say deep Listening is:

“becoming aware of sound without any action associated with it.“

In a way, you need to be empty so that sounds can fill your environment, just like pure sound and vibrations.

Remember that your ears, like your eyes, can always receive vibrations even when you are sleeping.

Did you know that ancient Indian philosophy interprets both thinking/thoughts and listening/sounds as a mountainous landscape:

The thoughts are the shady valleys between the snow-covered peaks, which are the complete silence.

So, appreciating sound fully helps appreciate silence, a rare commodity in modern life.

If you would like to read more about the power of sound read: The Joy of Sound, Harnessing the Power of Sound

Preparing to go back into the busy world

Come out of your mindful state slowly, allowing your eyelids to flicker open gradually.

Don’t move until your vision is clear and you feel strong.

If you have never sat still like this before, you may experience light-headedness or tingling in your extremities. ⭐️ Certainly, don’t drive immediately afterwards.⭐️

As you adapt back to the outside world, value your visit to your inner universe where you are the ruler of all your thoughts, feelings and values.

Repeat your affirmation with feeling to bring your session to an end.

Affirmation: “I am attuned to the harmony of the world around me and within me.”