3.MEDITATION WHILE PERFORMING DAILY ACTIVITIES Yogis will have to pratise Mindfulness Meditation also in your daily routine. It is not the time for sitting meditation nor walking meditation.During your daily routine ,it is being mindful of the small daily tasks or activities that you do when you return to your hostel i.e when you open and close the door,make your bed,fold the sheets,change clothes and wash them,arrange or prepare meals,eat drink and perform other small activities.It is not only these that you have to be aware of but you also have to note how you eat.When you see your meal you say(SEEING,SEEING).When you stretch your hand to eat you say(STRETCHING,STRETCHING).When you touch it you say (TOUCHING,TOUCHING).When you take it you say (TAKING,TAKING).When you bend your head you say(BENDING,BENDING).When you open your mouth you say (OPENING, OPENING ).When you put your meal into your mouth you say (PUTTING,PUTTING).When you raise your head you say(RAISING,RAISING).When you chew you say(CHEWING,CHEWING).When you know how it tastes like you say(KNOWING,KNOWING).When you swallow you say (SWALLOWING,SWALLOWING).This is what Mahasi Sayadaw himself practiced and was mindful of when eating a mouthful of lunch.So you should all be mindful or aware of such movements closely,precisely and enthusiastically. Those obedient and diligent yogis who wish to pratise just a mouthful of lunch will not find it easy to be aware of all movements at the beginning.Sometimes they may forget some movements but you must not be discouraged if this so happens.Later when your knowledge or power of mindfulness becomes stronger and advanced,your penetrated knowledge will enable you to remember every movement. When you practising your mindfulness on daily activities,you should be aware of the daily activity or movement which is the most prominent for you.For example if stretching your hand is the most distinctive activity,then you should say(STRETCHING,STRETCHING).If bending your head is more prominent,say(BENDING,BENDING).If chewing is more prominent then note (CHEWING,CHEWING). You must be mindful of only ONE prominent movement.If your mind which is focused on that ONE distinctive movement becomes really concentrated then you can pratise being mindful of the other movements one by one until your contemplation becomes deep and advanced and then later on you will gain insight. Our benefactor Mahasi Sayadaw has said that CHEWINGis the most outstanding and distinctive movement. It is the onlythe lower jaw that is working when we sayCHEWING.If you aware of this lower jaw movement you will be able to contemplate on the CHEWING MOVEMENT easily and well. I think Practice Exercise in Eating Lunch is now quite complete.SITTING,TOUCHING,BENDING,STRETCHING are minute details.
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