“ The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones”
was written by Dilgo Khyentse, the late teacher of the Dalai Lama.
In it, the author explains that a contemplative’s day
can be divided into two categories:
#1 – our formal, contrived practice sessions and
#2 – our spontaneous, impromptu practice sessions.
Now this might come as a shock
because I’ve been teaching you that enlightenment
can be accomplished in as little as 10 months
of twice daily formal-practice.
But I’ve also been telling you that whenever you experience suffering,
be it sadness, anger, fear, or pain etc,
that you should immediately bring it into the path
of
• devotion,
• awareness,
• compassion/love and
• letting-go.
You see, it is a gross error to think
that if you suffer at 8 O’clock in the morning,
it is spiritually productive to wait until 7 at night
to work through it.
“But…” you might say,
“…I can’t spend my whole day
performing one 9 minuet practice after another!”
and you’d be correct.
But you can always find time to squeeze in
a brief 3 or 7 breath practice.
Yes it’s true,
your teacher does indorse quickies!
Enlightenment’s mastery of
the four-fold yoga of Buddha
is facilitated by the spontaneous practice
of the 3 or 7 breath exercises, {as the need arises}.
BUT the effectiveness of these quickie exercises
is only made possible by
the twice daily performance
of the formal 9 minuet practice.
Here are two examples of quickie practices.
7 breaths
IN-breath: “Why take _________?”
OUT-breath: “Chen-re-zig!”
IN-breath: “Take all __________!”
OUT-breath: “Chen-re-zig!”
IN-breath: “Why could ‘I’ /
OUT-breath: “… let __________ go?”
IN-breath: “Why would ‘I’ /
OUT-breath: “… let __________ go?”
IN-breath: “When will ‘I’ /
OUT-breath: “… let __________ go?”
IN-breath: “Chen-re-zig/
OUT-breath: “… let __________ go?”
IN-breath: “Noticing?”
OUT-breath: “Letting-go!”
3 breaths
IN-breath: “Why take _________?”
OUT-breath: “Chen-re-zig!”
IN-breath: “Take all __________!”
OUT-breath: “Chen-re-zig!”
IN-breath: “Noticing?”
OUT-breath: “Letting-go!”
These techniques are typically taught in the 5th class
of every series of my weekly-webinars.
You could set yourself up for success by…
making sure that you learn all you can to
make the most of these easy exercises.
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May you and yours be
happy and healthy!
Om Mani Padme Hum,
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