Vipashyana On Thoughts
These are techniques that are taught by Michael Taft and rendered for social meditation by me (Sholom Gutleizer).
The first technique aims to loosely stabilize attention on thought activity with very little attention and keep your mind open to vast spacious awareness. If thought activity is too sticky and reified, use the breath instead.
We will be noting:
"Thinking", or "Breathing". The latter is for Shamatha on the breath.
"Dropping" or "Opening" when we narrow away from vast awake awareness)
The second technique is to hold on to the Nondual View and note the entire body at once, physical and emotional. Specifically noticing its vast spaciousness. Notice the flux and flow, how its made up of many different tiny sensations all in motion, arising, flowing and passing in and from emptiness.
We will be noting :
The Whole as "Body Sensations", "Whole body"...
if sensations seem solid or sticky, you can note them specifically with '____ arising/flowing/disappearing into emptiness' if that's helpful.
The third technique is to hold on to the Nondual View and note thought activity.
We will be noting :
"Thinking", "Seeing" "Hearing"...
If a thought seems solid or sticky, you can note it specifically with '____ arising/flowing/disappearing into emptiness' if that's helpful.
PSA
Anything helpful here I took from Michael and any mistakes are mine and mine alone.