Guided Meditation: Relaxing Your Mind : หน้า 110/200

GUIDED MEDITATION 106 Relaxing Your Mind After you have properly adjusted your sitting position, now gently turn your attention to relaxing your mind. There are many techniques to help relax the mind. The Lord Buddha has taught us ten different ways of relaxing our minds known as the "Ten Recollections" methods, i.e., Recollection of the Buddha, Recollection of the Dhamma, Recollection of the Sangha, etc. Following one or more of these methods can also help calm your mind. Some of you may prefer to use something nice and serene from nature to help you relax your mind or to inspire you to meditate. This is also acceptable. But the most efficient way is to empty your mind and keep it still. Act as if you’re the only one in the world with no attachments to anything or anyone, with no concerns about your family, your work, your study, and your everyday life, as if you’re in an outer space with no living beings or anything around. Look at the world as an empty space, void of people, animals, or any objects. This is the shortcut to help relax your mind. The state of relaxation you achieve here is a preliminary state of relaxation in which you feel neutral—not feeling happy or feeling unhappy. 20 Ten Recollections: Recollection of the Buddha, Recollection of the Dhamma, Recollection of the Sangha, Recollection of Morality, Recollection of Liberalism, Recollection of Deities, Contemplation on Death, Contemplation on Body, Contemplation on Breathing, Contemplation on the Virtue of Nibbana