Mindfulness with Nathanael ROUX
The 6 conciousness
Goal : Deepen our understanding on the ways of working
of body/mind
Help:
- Split in 6 spheres
- The 5 senses : touch / sight / hearing / taste / smell
- The mind : thoughts & emotions
- Sense (working correctly) / object in the field of
perception / contact between the sense and the object => apparition
of the conscience
Advice:
- Abide contemplating unfolding of consciousness linked
to the 5 senses
- appearing / staying / disappearing
- naked sensation, without judgment and interpretation
- Each time we lose contact
- No complaint, no judgment
Benefit: develop mindfulness
Practical exercise: contact several times a day the 5 senses and what
is perceived though them (with clear focus)
Commentary
We are immerged in a very rich
sensory environment, but we do not pay attention to the ¾ of it.
Formal meditation practice on the 5 senses should be back-up by
informal one on a regular
basis:
- Having a shower
and wash your hands mindfully
- Feel the
contact with the water, its temperature
- Smell the
flagrance of soap and shampoo
- Contemplate wide
natural scenes (dawn and aurora)
- Listen to nature
noises and all the others
- Smell odors in
the nature and all the others perfumes (natural or artificial)
- Eat mindfully
- Pay attention
to colors and texture
- Do enjoy friend
warm contact during hug
- ...
Step5 : Feelings (Vedana)
