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**Gaxiciverfere** · 05-01-2012, 08:30 PM

I would would have said it naturally converges on whatever is appropriate to be aware of at the time. If at the time one is practising anapanasati then yes, if practising a different technique then maybe not, if eating lunch or walking or doing any number of other activities then awareness should converge of the activity at hand not on the in & out breathing specifically.

thanks Goofaholix

mmm...i am not so inclined to agree. if eating lunch, with silent receptive mind, consciousness converges on breathing. similarly, if walking with silent receptive mind, consciousness converges on breathing. if typing, with silent receptive mind, consciousness can converge on breathing. sitting back & reading, rolling the mouse, the mind converges with breathing Hi Element,

I'm not clear about what you're saying here -for example if I am walking with a silent receptive mind and I need to cross a busy road, then my awareness will be primarily focussed with what's happening with the traffic on the road and my passage through it, rather than with breathing.

Just as an off-topic aside, today I came across a sutta I hadn't read before which mentions consciousness -

SN 12.38 Cetana Sutta : Intention.

Staying at Savatthi... [the Blessed One said,] "What one intends, what one arranges, and what one obsesses about: This is a support for the stationing of consciousness. There being a support, there is a landing [or: an establishing] of consciousness. When that consciousness lands and grows, there is the production of renewed becoming in the future.

continued:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....038.than.html

Anyway, sorry....back to topic again

05-01-2012, 08:30 PM	#28
Gaxiciverfere Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 479 Senior Member	I would would have said it naturally converges on whatever is appropriate to be aware of at the time. If at the time one is practising anapanasati then yes, if practising a different technique then maybe not, if eating lunch or walking or doing any number of other activities then awareness should converge of the activity at hand not on the in & out breathing specifically. thanks Goofaholix mmm...i am not so inclined to agree. if eating lunch, with silent receptive mind, consciousness converges on breathing. similarly, if walking with silent receptive mind, consciousness converges on breathing. if typing, with silent receptive mind, consciousness can converge on breathing. sitting back & reading, rolling the mouse, the mind converges with breathing Hi Element, I'm not clear about what you're saying here -for example if I am walking with a silent receptive mind and I need to cross a busy road, then my awareness will be primarily focussed with what's happening with the traffic on the road and my passage through it, rather than with breathing. Just as an off-topic aside, today I came across a sutta I hadn't read before which mentions consciousness - SN 12.38 Cetana Sutta : Intention. Staying at Savatthi... [the Blessed One said,] "What one intends, what one arranges, and what one obsesses about: This is a support for the stationing of consciousness. There being a support, there is a landing [or: an establishing] of consciousness. When that consciousness lands and grows, there is the production of renewed becoming in the future. continued: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....038.than.html Anyway, sorry....back to topic again
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