At this moment, You are listening to me, or you are reading these in a book.That is the focus of your attention. You are also peripherally aware of your surroundings, other people, and so on. Furthermore,there may be some mind activity around what you are hearing or reading, some mental commentary.

   Yet there is no need for any of this to absorb all your attention. See if you can be in touch with all your inner body at the same time. Keep some of your attention within. Don't let it all flow out. Feel your whole body within, as a single field of energy. It is almost as if you were listening or reading with your whole body. Let this be your practice in the days and weeks to come.

   Do not give all your attention away to the mind and external world. By all means focus on what you are doing, but feel the inner body at the same time whenever possible. Stay rooted within. Then observe how this changes your state of consciousness and the quality of what you are doing.

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