The Mind Illuminated

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Mindfulness, Meditation

Stage 3

• The first goal is to clearly distinguish the in and out breaths and the pauses between with equal clarity.

  • Note: you may find that you breath naturally change to accentuate parts of this cycle. If you did not intentionally cause this, accept it.

• Next, try to identify as many individual sensations of the in and out breaths as possible.

  • Strive to distinguish each sensation with the utmost clarity.

• Maintain extrospective awareness (of the body & external stimuli). This prevents drowsiness and improves the mind’s ability to recognize distraction before it becomes complete/