Three types of practices w/ Sasha’s explanations (I omit “The cost of practicing results instead of method” bc I want to focus on quick grasspable descriptions of positive explanations)
Result: Spontaneity and ease, an openness to the mystery of being and a thinning out, and eventual disappearance, of the illusory sense of separation from life.
Method: Relax and open and settle bit by bit, such that habitual processes of mind can slow and stop, as they are revealed to be unnecessary protections from the vividness of experience.
Result: A flow state that can be restful, beautiful, and even healing. Often, as a bonus, insights about the nature of mind spring from the ability to observe it in more detail.
Method: Without strain, repeatedly choose an object of awareness such that it eventually becomes the default during a session. Shrug off distractions, seeing them generously as an opportunity to unite more layers of mind. Eventually, deepen into levels of absorption where most habitual mental scattering is gone.
Result: Open-hearted compassion, extending even to your enemies. Not always, but in many moments. A contagious glow in the chest that connects inner and outer.
Method: Facing your feelings as they are, in all their ambiguity, while encouraging and cultivating the heart’s potential for openness, which slowly grows over time.