I love to take long drives, two or three days, no radio, just letting

the body mind be occupied and center on the I am.  For a long time I

counted breaths while driving and I finally noticed that it is

completely automatic to drive an auto.



Love

Bobby G.



> We were blessed in class tonight by Mark McCloskey, who spoke

about,

> and led a medition dealing with the experience of Pure Silence.

After

> class, while he was driving, he shared a driving meditation that

puts

> you in the witness position. It is one of many that can be found at

> his excellent web site at www.puresilence.org and I have copied it

> below. Since it seems like we all have trouble finding time to

> meditate and we all spend alot of time driving, I am interested in

> any meditations you use while driving. Please don't have them start

> with "Now I close my eyes and...." Here is Marks technique:

>

> As I drive down the road, looking forward, I question myself: "is

the

> car moving or is the road simply unfurling beneath my wheels"? I

rest

> with that thought and let the road come towards me. Everything is

> floating by: the sky, the other cars, the paint on the road, the

> signs, the litter. I am still, silent, looking forward, allowing

all

> to move past. There is nothing I can do to change any of this. So

> here I am now. I am in my car. There are many other cars, some

> expensive ones, some clunkers, some white, some green, all flowing

by

> with me. Some are speeding; some are dreadfully slow. At 10 miles

> faster than the speed limit, most are passing me by, but that is

ok.

> There is no effort and no passivity. I am just here, hands on the

> wheel, foot on the gas pedal. There is only this.

>

>    Whatever may arise I am aware of. I am watching and sensing. I

am

> alert. I am aware of what is happening as far as my vision reaches

> forward or sideways. Where I have just been can not be seen. I can

> only look at what is behind me in my mirror and only for an instant

> or else I may crash. I just go on, staying in my lane, following

the

> direction to my destination, until I get there. There is nothing

else

> I can do.

We were blessed in class tonight by Mark McCloskey, who spoke about,

and led a medition dealing with the experience of Pure Silence. After

class, while he was driving, he shared a driving meditation that puts

you in the witness position. It is one of many that can be found at

his excellent web site at www.puresilence.org and I have copied it

below. Since it seems like we all have trouble finding time to

meditate and we all spend alot of time driving, I am interested in

any meditations you use while driving. Please don't have them start

with "Now I close my eyes and...." Here is Marks technique:



As I drive down the road, looking forward, I question myself: "is the

car moving or is the road simply unfurling beneath my wheels"? I rest

with that thought and let the road come towards me. Everything is

floating by: the sky, the other cars, the paint on the road, the

signs, the litter. I am still, silent, looking forward, allowing all

to move past. There is nothing I can do to change any of this. So

here I am now. I am in my car. There are many other cars, some

expensive ones, some clunkers, some white, some green, all flowing by

with me. Some are speeding; some are dreadfully slow. At 10 miles

faster than the speed limit, most are passing me by, but that is ok.

There is no effort and no passivity. I am just here, hands on the

wheel, foot on the gas pedal. There is only this.



    Whatever may arise I am aware of. I am watching and sensing. I am

alert. I am aware of what is happening as far as my vision reaches

forward or sideways. Where I have just been can not be seen. I can

only look at what is behind me in my mirror and only for an instant

or else I may crash. I just go on, staying in my lane, following the

direction to my destination, until I get there. There is nothing else

I can do.