Today, surrounded by loving, awake friends, I was reminded of other ways to address the nattering nighttime mind.
The thoughts are precipitated by feelings. Sink into those. Welcome them, even if they are uncomfortable. Most likely, they are familiar friends who have been with me most of my life.
The feelings, when I place my attention on them, reveal themselves as simple bodily sensations. Notice these.
Allow pure awareness to seep into them, expanding and dissolving the remnants. Or invite them to soften and gradually disperse.
Rest in beingness.
Repeat again, again, again. Again.
© Amrita Skye Blaine, 2015
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