THE FIVE MEDITATIVE EXPERIENCES  SUPPORTING THE "PRESENCE" WITHIN ATTENTION

TAMING THE THIEF OF THE MIND

When we speak of ATTENTION here, we are speaking of the Constant Attention to events which appear upon the Screen of Consciousness.

It is imperative that while this screen of Consciosness is registering events, that there is a background, which is at times subliminal but frequently present upon the screen, balancing the Identity tendency to convert samsara's illusions into stains upon attitude, intention and responses.

We can call that  balancing element a "PRESENCE" or we can say that it is a conscious presence of the CO-EXISTENCE of the TWO TRUTHS.

The Cognitive knowing of this is insufficient, for the raw material of the CO-EXISTENCE is the melding of five special experiences that have been generated and stabilized through contemplations.

Here, in this section, we discuss those WAKEFULNESS CONTEMPLATIONS.