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**inilbowly** · 11-06-2011, 01:48 AM

Hi SB

Your breath is always with you, wherever you go, no matter what you are doing.

Paying attention to the breath gives you the opportunity to focus on something other than what is troubling you. It gives you the opportunity to step back from the mental proliferations that cause you distress.

For it to work completely, one has to focus completely on the breath and not jump back and forth from the breath to the mental proliferations and back.

The more one keeps attention on the breath, the further one can step away from the mental proliferations that cause one to be distressed.

You might take a look at Ven Gunaratanas book "Mindfulness in Plain English". It is available in many places on the internet. Do a search for it.

Welcome to BWB. :-)

11-06-2011, 01:48 AM	#16
inilbowly Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	Hi SB Your breath is always with you, wherever you go, no matter what you are doing. Paying attention to the breath gives you the opportunity to focus on something other than what is troubling you. It gives you the opportunity to step back from the mental proliferations that cause you distress. For it to work completely, one has to focus completely on the breath and not jump back and forth from the breath to the mental proliferations and back. The more one keeps attention on the breath, the further one can step away from the mental proliferations that cause one to be distressed. You might take a look at Ven Gunaratanas book "Mindfulness in Plain English". It is available in many places on the internet. Do a search for it. Welcome to BWB. :-)
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