Day 178 Assignment
This evening (or tomorrow morning):
Read NTI Luke 22 (v39-46) thru (v54-62).
Tomorrow:
- Set a timer for 15-30 minutes and practice observing your cognition:
- Select someone or something that is a problem in your life.
- Start the timer and hold to the image of that person or thing in your mind, or if you can, look at that person or thing or look at a picture of that person or thing. Continue to look at it in your mind or in actuality for the entire practice period.
- Attempt to simply be with that person or thing instead of projecting your false sense of self onto it/him/her. When you notice that you are projecting onto it (or him/her), (1) notice the projection, (2) become the superconductor with the projection, and then (3) return to simply being with it (or him/her).
- Continue to do this for the entire practice period.
- If you want to, follow this practice with an optional ‘Do Nothing’ meditation.
- When you notice you are daydreaming or absorbed in mind-wandering, pause and look at the story in the mind:
~ Notice the story is imagination, even if it is related to a real event.
~ Say to yourself: I am willing to let go of imagining so I may realize truth.
~ Shift your attention to what’s happening in the present moment, or if you are doing nothing, focus on your sense of being.