Coaching practices for Awareness Already Here
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I keep straining to "get into" a meditative state like awareness is something I have to switch on and aim
- Noting has become second nature and now I’m curious about the one doing the noticing itself
- When a big emotion hits, it becomes the whole world
- I’m hardly ever actually here
- I’ve had glimpses of a deep stillness underneath all the mental noise, a kind of bare awareness that’s just quietly here
Practices that may help
- Glimpse practice: a 10-second recognition of aware space
Pause, drop the question "What am I aware of?" and simply notice that awareness is already on.
Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical - Advanced noting — noting the act of noting itself
Turn attention to the process of noting itself, observing who is doing the labeling and whether the "noter" is also a mental event.
Noting Practice, Made Practical - Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical
Non-dual awareness is a mode of consciousness in which attention is no longer exclusively identified with the contents of experience (thoughts, sensations, feelings) but rests as the open, aware space in which those contents appear. Loch Kelly’s "effortless mindfulness" approach uses short recognition exercises to shift into this mode; research on the broader open-monitoring family of practices finds reductions in anxiety and rumination, though non-dual awareness itself is a newer research area with limited controlled trials. - Recognize aware presence within strong emotion
When a strong emotion arises, shift to noticing the awareness in which the emotion appears rather than being swept by it.
Non-Dual Awareness, Made Practical - Contact with the present moment
Bring flexible attention to here and now, instead of being lost in past or future.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Made Practical - Practice inquiry into the ground of your experience
Investigate the aware presence that underlies all mental content as a way of touching the real.
The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical - Use gratitude to slow the treadmill
Deliberately noticing what you have counters the adaptation that makes it invisible.
The Enough Mindset, Made Practical - Expanding to panoramic awareness
Deliberately widen attention from its usual narrow focal point to include the full field of sensory experience simultaneously.
Open Monitoring Meditation, Made Practical - Notice the noticer: find the observing awareness
Shift attention from what you are noticing to the awareness that is doing the noticing.
The Witness Stance - Fresh-eyes inquiry: "What if I knew nothing about this?"
Before engaging a familiar situation, ask what you would notice if you were seeing it for the first time.
Beginner's Mind (Shoshin), Made Practical
Related concerns
- Open Field Awareness
Deliberately widen attention from its usual narrow focal point to include the full field of sensory experience simultaneously.
Expanding to panoramic awareness
- Non Dual Awareness
Non-dual awareness is a mode of consciousness in which attention is no longer exclusively identified with the contents of experience (thoughts, sensations, feelings) but rests as the open, aware space in which those contents appear. Loch Kelly’s "effortless mindfulness" approach uses short recognition exercises to shift into this mode; research on the broader open-monitoring family of practices finds reductions in anxiety and rumination, though non-dual awareness itself is a newer research area with limited controlled trials.
- Non Dual Awareness As A Caregiver
Non-dual awareness is a mode of consciousness in which attention is no longer exclusively identified with the contents of experience (thoughts, sensations, feelings) but rests as the open, aware space in which those contents appear. Loch Kelly’s "effortless mindfulness" approach uses short recognition exercises to shift into this mode; research on the broader open-monitoring family of practices finds reductions in anxiety and rumination, though non-dual awareness itself is a newer research area with limited controlled trials.
- Non Dual Awareness During A Big Change
When a strong emotion arises, shift to noticing the awareness in which the emotion appears rather than being swept by it.
Recognize aware presence within strong emotion
- Wide Field Awareness
Deliberately widen attention from its usual narrow focal point to include the full field of sensory experience simultaneously.
- Continuity Of Awareness
Pause, drop the question "What am I aware of?" and simply notice that awareness is already on.
Glimpse practice: a 10-second recognition of aware space
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