Chapter 2 of “A Trackless Path II”
Five-step mindfulness practice Student: I had a question about the five-step mindfulness practice. Ken: Yes. Student: I’ll have a strong reaction to something and decide that I’m gonna work with it using that. And as I start, suddenly it’s like nothing. It’s like, okay, that must not have been a problem. I was […]
Chapter 6 of “Releasing Emotional Reactions”
[…] “Go and do nothing.” It was very helpful. So maybe I’m not being as generous as he was. First, this again, as I said yesterday, it’s a five-step process. [laughter] Student: Do nothing, do nothing, do nothing, do nothing, do nothing. Ken: Not quite. [Laughter] I just like five this week. Next week it […]
Chapter 6 of “There Is No Enemy”
[…] is, because it sounds like you can really say definitely what is, but you can’t. Open to what you experience. Now, how do you do that? The five-step method I gave you yesterday is one way you do that. There are other ways. Those of you are at the Power and Presence retreat last […]
Chapter 11 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] aim of your practice is so that you experience your internal material in attention. That’s exactly what we’ve been doing. That method I gave you yesterday, the five-step method and the whole Full Awareness of Breathing Sutra, this is exactly what it’s talking about. So, gradually attention develops sufficiently so you can hold both […]
Chapter 6 of “Practicing the Diamond Sutra”
[…] say, “Oh,” and the possibility of not engaging, it opens. That’s the awakening. Now, interestingly enough, the practice that I gave you right at the beginning, the five-step practice from Thich Nhat Hahn, it will take you through that process if you explore it deeply enough. With everything that comes up in your life, when […]
Chapter 2 of “Practicing the Diamond Sutra”
[…] completely out of time. This this was a response to the a question that came up last week about, how to develop the abilities. This is the five-step mindfulness practice that I mentioned. It comes from Thich Nhat Hanh. It comes from the Anapanasati Sutra. I think I’ve got that right. But it’s condensed […]
Chapter 5 of “There Is No Enemy”
[…] of it, if you follow. That’s what I see as the core of the practice, the specific practice. There are many practices we could do, but the five-step practice that I gave you this morning, I think is a very effective way of doing this. There are other practices which could be used, taking and […]
Chapter 4 of “Releasing Emotional Reactions”
[…] from this form of practice. A practice for working with emotional reactions Ken: So, the technique that I’m going to give to you today is also a five-step technique. It’s very easy; all techniques are five-step techniques. We like to keep things really organized here. First step, and remember, all of this is about […]
Chapter 5 of “Practicing the Diamond Sutra”
[…] you have around your question. This is why I said to some of the other questions that have come up this evening, work those practices of the five-step practice, which is basically the Ananapansati Sutra, severely abbreviated. That expanding practice in which you’re just including more and more of your experience so that you’re eventually […]
Chapter 1 of “Practicing the Diamond Sutra”
[…] a cushion, represent the anger and I’ll sort of bring it closer and they say, “That’s close enough.” So that’s it. Meditation: seeing from the inside, a five-step practice Ken: And the key here is to work the edge, go to what you can do and come back that much. Just a tiny, tiny bit. […]
Chapter 3 of “Practicing the Diamond Sutra”
[…] want to miss a moment of it.” Well, then the challenge is to experience each moment completely, which includes all our reactions, if we can. And the five-step practice that I gave you last week is all about developing the ability to experience reactions completely. And how many of you have played with this instruction, […]
Chapter 16 of “A Trackless Path I”
[…] conclusion that it’s the wrong question. And the reason is that if you take a look at the set of practices, Seeing From the Inside, it’s a five-step process. That practice shows how to find peace and clarity in what one is experiencing. It doesn’t in any way talk about how to bring calm […]
Chapter 5 of “A Trackless Path II”
[…] have anything … Ken: Page 10. Student: If this goes on the podcast, then people won’t understand it. Ken: Well, Seeing From the Inside refers to the Five-Step Mindfulness Practice. Pardon? Student: From releasing emotional reactions? Ken: Yeah. Practice intensely with little fanfare Ralph: I’ve always found it helpful to look at my practice […]
Chapter 4 of “Ganges Mahamudra: Tilopa’s Pith Instructions to Naropa”
[…] mahamudra, and then I got all these difficult emotions which come up.” I think this was Chris. And what I’d suggested is that one work with the five-step process, which is up on the website, and last summer we gave it the name Seeing From the Inside. But it’s a way of being present […]
Chapter 14 of “A Trackless Path II”
[…] get at right away? Ken: No, no, not right away, no. But one of the techniques that I give people, and this is an adaptation of the five-step practice from Thich Nhat Hanh. When he’s teaching it he talks about opening to one-tenth or one-hundredth of the experience. People I’ve worked with and for myself […]