Meditation on Not-Self

 

May awareness observe clearly whenever the ego arises

May awareness observe clearly whenever the I arises

May awareness see clearly when the notion of me arises

May awareness see clearly when the notion of my arises

May I be free from trying to build up my sense of self

May I be free from putting down my sense of self

So that I respond with wisdom to events

Rather than being trapped in reactions to the self

May inner awareness reveal a spaciousness around all events

May this awareness accommodate all I call “my life”.

May this awareness see feelings as feelings, not as myself

May this awareness see thoughts as thoughts, not as myself

May this awareness see perceptions as perceptions, not as myself

May this awareness see states of mind as states of mind, not as myself

May this awareness see the condition of body as the condition of body, not as myself.

So, that wisdom abides in the face of the inter-action of mind and body.