Don't change the channels

I don't mean the channels on TV, but your input channels when you are experiencing something. What usually happens in a common activity (e.g.  a conversation or climbing the stairs or even while reading a book) is that you are eager to quickly finish that activity. The details and subtilty of that activity is not fully experienced. The tendency to quickly flip the page or quickly ascend or descend the stairs is high among all of us.

How to Practice this Today

Stay with the activity a little longer than usual. Understand there is a history of creation within the activity. For example, when you climb the stairs, you can be conscious of nature's wonder in creating the stones or the substances required for the cement, the wood required or even the hard work of the construction workers in putting this safe structure in place. When you read a book, there is nature in every page you touch, every word you read. The creativity of the author when you absorb each word.

Every activity you will realize is a connected series of actions, some of them were executed by nature and some of them by other creatures including humans. In this way of experiencing an activity you will be enchanted with the continuous flow of interplay with nature and us.

 

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