Today when I was doing Anapanasati at the Buddhist Center, my teacher asked us to question whether anything inside us is permanent. Straight away I thought about how the only lasting truth is change (Octavia Butler). I closed my eyes. I thought about the breath moving inside my body. I thought of the ripple affect of movement in my body due to the breath moving down my chest and into my stomach. I thought about how my hands cannot be fully still. I then felt the blood flow inside my fingers. I then noticed my stomach and I thought about how it is digesting food right now. I thought about how the food will not be inside me for long. That the food inside me is going through many chemical processes and through many organs. In fact all my organs are doing something right now. I then felt for my organs and all the movement that is happening to sustain and change me. I thought about how could I give my organs a rest, like a good night sleep. When I go to sleep I can close my eyes and close my consciousness but i cannot give this kind of rest to my organs, because at night my organs don’t turn off unless I die.
Meditation and impermanence
Meditation and impermanence
Meditation and impermanence
Today when I was doing Anapanasati at the Buddhist Center, my teacher asked us to question whether anything inside us is permanent. Straight away I thought about how the only lasting truth is change (Octavia Butler). I closed my eyes. I thought about the breath moving inside my body. I thought of the ripple affect of movement in my body due to the breath moving down my chest and into my stomach. I thought about how my hands cannot be fully still. I then felt the blood flow inside my fingers. I then noticed my stomach and I thought about how it is digesting food right now. I thought about how the food will not be inside me for long. That the food inside me is going through many chemical processes and through many organs. In fact all my organs are doing something right now. I then felt for my organs and all the movement that is happening to sustain and change me. I thought about how could I give my organs a rest, like a good night sleep. When I go to sleep I can close my eyes and close my consciousness but i cannot give this kind of rest to my organs, because at night my organs don’t turn off unless I die.