[OceanofDharma] Quotes of the Week: A Penetrating Sense of Being

[Carolyn Gimian]

Ocean of Dharma Quotes of the Week

August 24, 2008

A PENETRATING SENSE OF BEING

In the practice of meditation, mindfulness of the body is the sense 
of being right there on your meditation cushion, which is partly 
influenced by bodily sensation and partly influenced by audiovisual 
sensations and consciousness. At this point, it is not so much 
meditating on anything particular at all, but just being with one's 
body fully and completely. As much as we can, we are right there, 
sitting there. And that kind of sense of being there is also a very 
penetrating experience. That sense of being transcends the ordinary 
level of self-consciousness even. You might occasionally experience 
that you feel that you are being there, you are watching yourself 
being there, and the watcher watches itself. But that is another 
little phase, another little project that wears out quickly, and then 
comes back into the experience of being.

 From "The First Foundation: Mindfulness of Body," in the 1973 
Hinayana-Mahayana Transcripts, page 40.

All material by Chogyam Trungpa is copyright Diana J. Mukpo and used 
by permission.

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