A Glimpse Practice - Reminder Phrases

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From 'The Little Book of Being' by Diana Winston'

'Natural awareness can sometimes be evoked with phrases that remind us of our own luminous awareness. It can be helpful to have a stable, concentrated, and somewhat receptive mind before you state the phrase in your mind and notice the impact (as if dropping a pebble into a pond and noticing the ripples), but it is also fine to use a reminder phrase at any moment. Here are a few you can try (attributed to the meditation teachers who taught them to me):

"Rest in the way things are." (Guy Armstrong)

"Mind luminous like the sun."

"Mind of no clinging." (Joseph Goldstein)

"Everything happens on its own."

"Aware of awareness."

"Our mind is like the sky, vast, open, and spacious; thoughts are like clouds floating by."

(p.36)