The Path of Individual Liberation by Chogyam Trungpa & Judith L. Lief

Author:Chogyam Trungpa & Judith L. Lief [Trungpa, Chogyam & Lief, Judith L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 1590308026
Amazon: B00BSZUCMW
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2013-03-12T00:00:00+00:00

WELL-BEING

The basic approach of the mindfulness of life is that what goes on with your body and your state of consciousness is worthy of respect. There is a feeling of well-being. You see further subtleties, and sense perceptions are more appreciated. Mindfulness of life is rediscovering your world. You develop reverence and respect, which is more than just an attitude; it is something you actually experience in your relationship to yourself and to the world. You are able to experience magic, majesty, beauty, and well-being not only in the meditative state, but in ordinary states as well. That experience is based on being able to see the process of contact with the phenomenal world, which is divided into preparing, proceeding, and touching.

It is important to describe the idea of well-being clearly, as there are several notions of well-being. It may mean that you are secure, and because you are secure, you can afford to relax and to extend yourself. Well-being may be based on a feeling of power, meaning that you are ready to defend yourself or conquer others. It may mean you are on top of the world, that you feel extremely healthy and physically comfortable. You have had a good meal; the clothes you are wearing are elegant; your company is exciting and amiable; everything is completely secure. In this case, well-being is similar to that which is felt by somebody who is on vacation or at a ski resort. Well-being in terms of the meditative state is unlike any of those. In the case of the second foundation of mindfulness, well-being is based on appreciating your own existence, rather than being conditioned by that or this.

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