COSTA RICAN TIMES
It’s a clear and mild spring afternoon. Sitting beside the stream and delighting in the smells, sights and sounds of early spring, the senses attune to the present, and become primary. As the clear, rippling creek flows by at my feet, passive watchfulness sweeps extraneous thoughts and emotions downstream.
The observer is an infinite regression of thought. Passively watching the movement of the mind as a whole, the brain gathers attention, and thought ceases splitting off from itself as the observer. Then there is simply observing. Meditation begins when the observer effortlessly ends.
The senses are the gateway to direct perception—seeing beyond words, memories and knowledge. As meditation deepens, the entire psychological movement of thought falls silent.
Thought has to cease being the psychological ground of our being.
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