DAY 6
Snapshots don’t take themselves—there has to be a photographer behind the camera. No matter how many thousands of photos a professional photographer takes, he is the constant behind the lens. His job is to look, arrange the setting, place the lights, focus, and decide if the image satisfies him. You do the same with reality. Your senses deliver snapshots of raw data, which change in endless ways. The only constant is you, seeing, arranging, turning random bursts of perception into something you can relate to. Most of this happens automatically, but when you wake up, you see what you’re doing. Then you have much more freedom to create.
Get back in touch with the basic units of experience. Sit for a moment and be with your simplest experience of light, warmth, the smells wafting your way, the taste in your mouth. Relax into the experience. Notice each sensation spontaneously, wherever your attention wanders. The more you are able to relax, the more effortless waking up will be. Waking up in itself is a totally relaxed, spontaneous state, open to whatever happens here and now.