Gurave – Page 50 – Seeking the teacher within

The point of focus

To cultivate an ability to concentrate on one thing provides us with the experience of letting go of the peripheral.

Anything that brings us to a place of concentration is an aid to the practice.

All day, every day, we breathe in, we breathe out. How often do we notice the breath?

We cultivate the deepest knowledge in the simplest things.

We trust our constant companion to buoy us up. But friendship is a two way street—we must cultivate it.

The most mundane of activities, with the potential for the most profound changes.

The map of our consciousness is measured in breaths.

The breath is so fundamental, it can calm us or disturb us or deplete us or energize us. We want to learn to use it skillfully.

The steadiness of the breath reflects the steadiness of the mind. As above, so below.

We can be more friendly, more compassionate, more joyful and more spacious when we are grounded.