LISTENING EXPANSION
Several of the glimpse practices invite us to broaden our attention in atypical ways. While having a broad awareness is not technically natural awareness, it often can evoke a more expansive and relaxed feeling that can ignite a fuller resting within natural awareness.
When you are settled, turn your attention to sound. Listen to the sounds around you as they come and go, without getting caught in a story about them. Just notice the changing sounds in the room or outside the room, as if you were listening to music.
Now begin to expand your listening. Listen out to the distance. What is the farthest away sound you can hear?
Let your attention open to the full array of sounds, near and far. Sustain this listening for a little while and notice how your mind feels as it expands as far as possible. Then rest with what you discover.