SIT #314-2026 Mar 06 – Equanimity of Alien Feels

I had one of my best sleeps to date at 95% quality.  I feel good.  Today the DC was about Hear, Feel, See.  The practice works on getting you centered in the moment with the skill of noting.  When you focus on the things that you are hearing right now and then say in your hear “Hearing, Hearing” matched with your inhales, you become hyper aware of what you are hearing and therefore centered in the moment.  Same goes for becoming aware of what you are feeling and with each inhale you state in your head “Feeling, Feeling”.  Same practice for seeing, and perhaps this is just seeing images in your head with your eyes closed, it works with eyes open and closed.  The practice will put you in to a current flow state.  The DT today was looking at our bodies with a beginners mind.  The practice uses the idea where we act as if we were an alien that has taken over a human body for the first time.  Once you are in your body for the first time, the practice takes you on a journey of discovery.  Everything from the intricate way our body moves, how it senses, what it thinks.  This is an excellent way of becoming hyper aware of what is here right here and now and realizing how important it is.  The DJ today was about strengthening your equanimity skills.  Working through practice to accept everything that is here right now with compassion and forgiveness, which reduces reactions, impacts and sets in calm and rest.  These were all good practices today.