{"id":34395,"date":"2018-11-18T01:50:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T08:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/?p=34395"},"modified":"2018-11-08T06:26:10","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T13:26:10","slug":"day-285-tip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/day-285-tip\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips from Regina ~ Day 285, NTI Revelation 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s reading tells us how to use meditation to awaken.<\/p>\n<p>First, let\u2019s look at how we keep the illusion alive. We keep the illusion alive with believing-attention. We keep the illusion alive by believing thoughts, emotions and perceptions and giving them our attention.<\/p>\n<p>Since giving believing-attention keeps the illusion alive, <em>not giving<\/em>\u00a0 believing-attention allows the illusion to fade away. And that is the purpose of meditation.<\/p>\n<p>During meditation, you close your eyes and ignore thoughts, emotions and perception. You keep attention still, focused on awareness, without chasing after movement. This stillness doesn\u2019t stop movement; it just doesn\u2019t give movement any attention. In this way, movement is allowed to move through, out and away, until only stillness remains.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s reading shares a few tips to help you keep attention still, focused on awareness, instead of being caught up in thought or emotion during meditation. It says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">When you notice a belief in illusions, ask where your faith is now. Faith comes from desire. \u2026 In questioning your faith, you remember your desire. In remembering desire, you loosen your grip on belief.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, when thoughts arise and your attention goes to them, ask yourself, \u201cWhat do I really want?\u201d or \u201cWhat is my purpose?\u201d or \u201cWhy am I here?\u201d or any other question that reminds you how much you want to remain focused on awareness and awaken. When you remember how much you want to remain focused on awareness and awaken, you naturally recall attention from thought, and place it with awareness again.<\/p>\n<p>Fear sometimes occurs during meditation, especially as you progress from a familiar stage of meditation to a new stage or new level. When fear arises, notice that the mind is judging the experience. Again, remind yourself how much you want to remain focused on awareness and awaken. Let the movement of fear be\u2014do not interfere with it; gently place attention on awareness, and remain there.<\/p>\n<p>The scene from <em>Little Buddha<\/em>\u00a0 that we watched on <a href=\"https:\/\/awakening-together.org\/dev2\/day-280-tip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Day 280<\/a> is a good symbol of remaining still in meditation, regardless of what arises, in order to awaken.<\/p>\n<p>You do not need to read from Revelation in the Bible today. 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