Hello,
Dear friend.
How were your first days?
Have you given meditation a try?
Did you discover anything new?
Or maybe you realize that observing the breath isn't as easy as it seems.
The mind is like a restless monkey,
Jumping from one branch to another.
It's not easy to catch.
It doesn't like to stay in the present moment.
It wanders in the past or the future,
But rarely in the here and now.
That's why it keeps pulling you in different directions.
And sitting still,
How does that feel?
Comfortable?
Unfamiliar,
Right?
But understand this.
You've already started working on yourself,
Building the habit of sitting with a straight back.
Have you ever thought about who you truly are?
About your real self?
What is this I that you say every time?
What is it made of?
Peter,
John,
Mary,
Sarah.
What lies behind these names?
I.
Mine.
How many attachments and identifications are tied to this important I?
But in truth,
What is the I?
A person?
Or just a collection of limbs and organs?
You know you have eyes,
A nose,
Ears,
Hands,
Fingers.
Maybe you even know about your internal organs,
But only on an intellectual level,
Without experiencing their nature from within.
There's always something happening inside,
But our mind is too coarse and unbalanced to notice what's happening in the laboratory of the mind and body.
This meditation is designed to explore the causes of these interconnections from within,
Through the breath,
Which connects the mind and body.
Yes,
We can control the breath,
But only for a short while,
Speed it up,
Slow it down,
Or even stop it for a moment.
However,
We cannot fully stop breathing for long,
Can we?
That's why,
By observing the natural state of the breath,
We approach the unconscious,
Accepting everything that happens and learning from it.
But first,
We must calm the agitated mind and clear it of the clutter accumulated over a lifetime.
I like the analogy with a smartphone.
The outer shell is the body,
Design,
Color,
Material,
And the inside is the mind,
Memory,
Speed and graphics.
A smartphone has components,
Memory,
RAM,
Processor,
And operating system,
Like iOS or Android.
Sometimes it overheats or slows down due to too much data or too many apps running.
Our mind is like the built-in memory of a smartphone.
When we look at the screen and see a clutter of apps,
What do we do?
We clean and organize,
Deleting unnecessary apps,
Old photos and videos,
Clearing the cache.
In meditation,
When the mind is focused,
It's doing a similar process,
Clearing the memory of useless content.
The concentration tool works like a phone optimization app,
Freeing the device from excessive data and apps that slow it down.
The more we clean the mind through meditation,
The better and more efficiently it works,
Just like a smartphone after optimization.
Over time,
With practice,
You become an explorer,
Delving deeper into yourself and you will achieve full insight and purity.
This will happen when the unnecessary content that occupies space and drains your energy is eradicated.
This analogy is just to make it easier to understand what you're doing.
It's important to realize that everything depends on each individual,
On their reserve of developed qualities,
Their understanding and discipline in practice,
And the actions stored in the mind and psyche.
Our entire existence,
Behavior and actions depend on the influence of the external world on the nervous system.
It is a highly delicate structure,
Permeating all tissues and organs,
Regulating every breath,
Movement and thought.
It's like a musician conducting the grand orchestra of life,
Where each instrument is an organ,
Tissue or muscle,
And each note is an impulse transmitted through neural pathways.
Imagine that every reaction to the wind or a beam of light is a soft signal rushing through thousands of conductors to the brain,
Like rivers flowing to the ocean.
This path is long and complex,
But necessary for the body to respond to the world it inhabits.
The brain,
Like a wise captain,
Receives the signal,
Processes it and sends commands to the muscles,
To the left or right,
To maintain balance.
But it's not that simple.
The nervous system doesn't just manage simple reflexes,
Like tapping your knee with a hammer.
It controls our feelings,
Thoughts and emotions,
Adapting us to the external world through millions of invisible connections.
This mechanism can be compared to the architecture of an ancient castle,
Where each room is a different part of the brain,
And the hallways are pathways for signal transmission.
The top of the castle,
The cerebral cortex,
Is where the most subtle and complex processes occur.
And this is where meditation comes in.
Practicing Anapanasati,
We become aware of each breath in and out,
Observing how simple actions affect the body and mind.
We walk through this ancient castle,
Lighting up its corridors with our awareness,
Beginning to see what was once hidden.
How our reaction to the outside world slows down,
How the body relaxes,
And how the mind finds clarity.
Meditation helps regulate internal processes like a skilled conductor,
Harmonizing the body and mind.
Mindfulness,
Developed through Anapanasati,
Becomes the key to managing our reactions.
We learn to observe the impulses without immediately acting on them.
We become like artists,
Slowly and precisely drawing each line on the canvas,
Where the nervous system is our brush,
And mindful breathing is the paint that gives life to the masterpiece.
Now,
To summarize with some final advice.
For successful meditation,
Try to follow these points.
First,
Don't tense up,
Stay relaxed and maintain stillness.
Second,
Don't react to sensations in the body,
Just accept them.
Let everything happen naturally,
It's for the best.
Focus all your attention on the area below your nostrils,
Recognizing the type of breath,
Short or long,
Subtle or rough.
Third,
Imagine yourself as a hero in a movie,
Study and observe yourself and focus according to the audio instructions,
Cultivating awareness of everything happening.
Thank you for your attention.
Remember,
During the day,
You'll need to listen to two more audio recordings as part of your practice,
After which you can proceed to the meditation audio.
That's all for now,
Feel free to move on to the next recording whenever you're ready.
