Today's reflection

The awareness that is reading these words is already at rest. Nothing needs to be added to it.

Sit comfortably and allow the eyes to close, or keep a soft gaze. Notice that you are aware. Before any thought appears, before any sensation is felt, there is already the knowing of experience. That knowing is not something you do. It is what you are. Let the attention rest as that open, aware presence. Thoughts may come and go. Sensations may arise and fade. They appear in awareness, and they leave awareness. You do not need to follow them or push them away.…