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How To MEDITATE PRACTICAL TIPS
after about 15 days of continuous practice, one may slowly move the attention to the other parts of the body starting from the top of the head and moving from that place to the other parts of the body, one by one, until the toe of the foot. The same process can be repeated in the reverse order, from the toe of the foot to the top of the head. In watching all parts of the body, one has to become aware of the sensations arising on the various parts of the body and observing them with equanimity. One has not to evaluate any sensation whether pleasant, unpleasant or neutral. It is natural and spontaneous and one has to observe it with equanimity. The attitude towards sensations should not be that of craving for the pleasant ones or aversion for the unpleasant ones. This change in attitude towards sensations will ultimately help in adopting similar attitude towards happenings in life which may be pleasant as well as unpleasant. Equanimity towards the events of life is the crux of Dhamma and the true means to end the suffering. One who faces pain with equanimity does not suffer; he only observes and treats it as a passing event. One who takes joyful event with equanimity does not suffer when the event is over because that too is impermanent. The events of pain or pleasure are passing events and attachment with them alone casuses suffering. Merely observing them relieves us of all suffering. Meditation on the sensations of the body makes us aware of our self and enables us to realize the ultimate truth-the truth of impermanence of the material things. What is real and permanent is the Self and one should stay tuned to that or remain situated in that. That is the Enlightenment and bliss through meditation.
