Sky Gazing Meditation with Lama Surya Das

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Sky Gazing Meditation with Lama Surya Das
According to Lama Surya Das Sky gazing is a way
to feel the release from the narrow boundaries of
personality and ego. It connects a person to the
enormous, expansive, clear, open, space of
awareness that is their real nature. It brings
relaxation, peace, joy, and a fresh, crisp sense
of connecting to reality, the natural state of
things. Sky gazing is one of the techniques to
help a person notice this awareness in
themselves. While talking to Lama Surya Das he
informed that Sky gazing takes place in three
parts arriving, intensifying, and allowing
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Arriving as per Lama Surya Das
Find a comfortable seat outside, preferably with
a view. Settle into a comfortable meditation
posture. In traditional sky gazing, this means
cross legged with your hands on your thighs.
Intensifying after arriving is important
Breathing normally, brings your attention to the
out-breath. Pay no special attention to the
in-breath. Do not strain your eyes in any way.
Now, slowly open your eyes.
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Allowing yourself with Surya Das
Lean back and look at the sky, so that it fills
your field of vision. With each out breath, allow
any thoughts, feelings, tensions, etc., that
arise to dissolve into the sky. Just release them
completely. As more thoughts, etc., arise,
continue to let go of them. You are the infinite,
openness of the sky. Thoughts and feelings can
arise within you, but never actually cloud or
stain your open, radiant perfection. Continue
this process for as long as you wish.
About Lama Surya Das
Lama Surya Das is one of the most educated and
highly trained American-born lamas in the Tibetan
Dzogchen tradition. He is the founder of the
Dzogchen Center in Cambridge.
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He is the author of many books, including
Awakening the Buddha Within and Awakening to the
Sacred. Lama Surya Das will discuss and sign his
new book Make Me One with Everything Buddhist
Meditations to Awaken from the Illusion of
Separation . In this captivating book Lama
Surya Das introduces a mixture of methods that
illuminate inter-meditation. He invites us to
experience this integration through traditional
and original inter-meditation practices that
allow us to see through the illusion of
separation. His websites are www.surya.org and
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