Class 3: Meditation and the Ground of Being

In class 3 we turned our attention to the ground of all being.  We learnt that this is the place where all of our thoughts and feelings arise from and how during meditation we can actually rest in this place, free from attachment to them.  We had 2 sessions of meditation during the class, the first was guided by Andrew Cohen and was around ten minutes long.  At times i was able to fully focus on Andrews words which deepened the experience of the ground of being but at various points in the silences i would drift into a stream of thought without knowing.  As soon as i realised that i had done this, i realised my attachment to it and tried to let go of the thought and quieten the mind again, although it wasn't and isn't that easy every time.  I think it is easier to stop the thought stream early before it develops into a full torrent of internal dialogue, so becoming more sensitive to the breaking of the silence in the ground might be evolution.

The second meditation of the night was silent and was about 20 - 30 minutes long.  This was very powerfull as it always seems to be with more people.  Again i did slip in to thought now and then but tried to drop it once i had realised.

I did have quite an extreme meditation the night before.  I wasn't having the best meditation ever, i drifted off to sleep a few times, then the third time i woke up, i did in to full awareness and i had a powerfull sense of the limitless and infinite empty ground.  I tried to stay in that place for as long as i could but the experience was so powerfull that i could feel my heart beating hard and fast and my adrenelin pumping in to my body so i managed to stay there for only for a few minutes.

See you Wednesday!