What’s going on in my practice?

Since “The quality of my life is determined by the focus of my attention,” and since “There is nothing wrong with anything,” I“Recognize it! Drop it! Go back to the breath, and say ‘yes and thank you!’”

This is my practice. Keeping the focus of my attention in the here and now, in the present. Whenever I notice my attention wandering I bring it back to my breath with a “Yes” and “Thank you.”

Other than that I practice “paying attention, believing nothing and not taking anything personally.“

This is the core of my practice. I practice this with every “what” that comes up in my life. Which means I am practicing with each breath. It seems “whats” come up as fast as breaths come up.

If left to its own devices, my attention will stray to my mind where “There is something wrong with something.” So I have a personal trainer: me. I am in training to keep my attention focused on the awareness that contains it.

What a difference this makes to the quality of my life! With my attention focused on the awareness that contains it instead of the “what” (which is generally a “something wrong” kind of “what”) there is joy and peace. It is miraculous! Then comes gratitude for the joy and peace instead of the suffering that is contained in the “something wrong what.”

I love practice. It is the fiber of my life. Practice has given me Life! I am so grateful to all who practice. I bow in Deep Gassho