The Triangle Experiment

The Triangle Experiment

Experimenting with Yourself

Are you a slave to your moods? Do little things upset you? Does lack of sleep or hunger drive you up the wall? Here is an experiment that can help you remain in control and at peace in spite of your changing circumstances.

Step 1 Observation

Observe what happens when you are faced with a particular situation. Do you see that there is a connection between your body, your mind and yourself?

For example – hunger.

You feel hungry, you reach out to some food. You pick up your favourite dish. If you don’t get what you want, sorrow engulfs you. If you get it, you are overjoyed. Thus, you constantly experience fluctuations within.

Step 2 Procedure

Mentally create a triangle.

Place your body, your mind and yourself at the three corners. Distance yourself from the activities of the body and the mind. Be a witness to all the changes happening in both.

For example

Know that the body is hungry. The mind is demanding its favourite food. The body is moving towards that delicacy.

The morsel is being put in the body. Both, the body and the mind are feeling satisfied. When the mind gets what it desires, see how it feels excited. And when it does not get what it wants, see how it feels upset.

Be a witness to this game of demanding, fulfilling, being satiated or otherwise that is played by the body and the mind.

Step 3 Inference

Despite the changes in your physical and emotional world, you will be able to gladly accept everything with equanimity.

Step 4 Resolution

Resolve to practise this exercise at a specific time, for a specific period. Slowly increase the number of times and the period each time you practise.

Step 5 Result

As you mature, this will start happening effortlessly. Soon you will rest in your changeless Being and experience happiness, regardless of your prevailing circumstances.

Topics

awarenessglobalHappinessMeditationMindfulness

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