When we sit down to meditate and observe the activity within our consciousness it is useful to have analogy that can help us understand what is taking place. In this instance a blue sky
The mind is a formless phenomena, which at first makes it difficult to grasp - and for some impossible to believe in. How can we believe in something that cannot be seen through the evidence of the senses?
During our daily life we are continuously believing in things that we cannot see - tomorrow for example....
Although we cannot experience the mind with our senses, we are experiencing the mind every moment, even during sleep.
The mind can often feel cloudy. The clouds that we experience obscure the blue sky mind that we have.
In the same way that the blue of the sky is vast and without boundary so is our mind. Just as clouds obscure the blue sky, so our thoughts can obscure the peace that we have in our mind.
Our mind has incredible potential - this potential doesn't have to be pumped into it artificially - aggressive growth. It is waiting to be discovered in gentle, concentrated meditation.
Meditation practice is like a voyage of discovery, if we are well motivated and focused we can voyage beyond the clouds of obstructing thoughts and conceptions and enjoy the vastness of our blue sky mind.
An extensive description of this meditation can be found in the book Gentle Empathy. You can sample and download the meditation on iTunes here. The meditation also appears on the CD 'Had a Stressful Day...create mind space' which you can purchase in the US and UK here.
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