Let Go of Ideas and Let Go of Nervousness

Sit up tall in a quiet place the place you might be free from distractions
Breathe slowly and evenly out and in by means of your nostril
Let your power settle by anchoring your consideration to the breath
Soften your shoulders, stomach and thighs
And watch the breath with a way of loving awe

Breath in, breath out

Really feel the mild rise and fall of the physique
Because the physique breathes itself
And let your self drop right into a state of being, relatively than doing

Proper right here, proper now, simply current with the breath

And as you watch the breath, in fact, ideas will nonetheless come up
The thoughts is power, and all the time at play
Immediately, as you discover these ideas
Watch them as if from a distance
You aren’t your ideas, however the witness of those ideas

It could actually assist to visualise your ideas as if they’re clouds or bubbles
A thought arises, it floats up and into our consciousness,
After which if left alone, it would additionally float on by, dissipate, or burst

Keep anchored to your breath as you play with consciousness of this course of
Current with breath
However conscious of thought clouds, or thought bubbles that come up

Like clouds, like bubbles,
Perceive that these ideas usually are not strong
Not fastened

They take form, and so they break aside
They’re constantly altering form, blown by the wind
They arrive and go