Sit with it. With what? With whatever arises. Notice it. Label it dispassionately, disinterestedly, without getting caught up in "subject-object fixations," as Pema Chodron calls them.
What is "objective" reality while sitting? We don't know. What is subjective reality? That we know.
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| Who will perfect wisdom? Prajna Paramita |
We react to what we think is objective. That's our subjective interpretation, ultimately unreal, based on our mental fabrications (sankhara) and storehouse of cognitions.
Witness how mind arises -- resisting and swatting at the unpleasant, grasping at and clinging to whatever's pleasant, and being bored by (spacing out, falling asleep, dissociating from) anything neither-pleasant-nor-painful (neutral).
This is mindfulness meditation. Detach a little. It's impersonal anyway. Combined with serenity, such meditating leads to bliss (piti), which is beyond all sensuality and effervescent/energizing like levitating. Watch it without attachment until equanimity manifests.
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