The Path Of Practice - Verse Forty Four

Practice conscious breathing
to water the seeds of awakening.
Right view is a flower
blooming in the field of mind consciousness.

The practice of conscious breathing is to bring the mind to the present moment. The present moment is the only moment we can live in. We cannot live the past or the future right now. So it is necessary to bring the mind to the present moment so we can be alive. Breathe, you are alive.

To be awake is to be aware of what is happening around us. We cannot be aware of what is happening around us if our mind is preoccupied with thoughts.

Right view, in this verse, refers to the realization that we need to recognize and water wholesome seeds and formations. The mind consciousness is the gardener, so we train the mind consciousness to recognize positive and negative mental formations.

We must try to reduce the occurrences and learn to deal with negative mental formations while trying to prolong the manifestation of positive mental formations.

When negative mental formations manifest, we must look into the supporting conditions and look to work with the negative formations. As we keep trying to do this, we become better at dealing with negative mental formations.

Perceptions lead to views. If we perceive incorrectly, we will end up cultivating wrong views. In order to perceive correctly we must be attentive. The mind must be in the present moment and free from preconceived notions.

You may be angry because someone at work or at a client's office made a mistake. However, if you look into the four conditions you may realize that it was perhaps not wise to expect otherwise. Then it may be possible for you to create supporting causes leading to synergy and successful completion of objectives rather than becoming a subject experiencing anger.

The Buddha in us can manifest if we create conditions for the Buddha to manifest. To create the conditions we need mindfulness.

(Based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh.)

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