In this guided meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha encourages us to use the breath as anchor for our awareness, and then to apply 'Anatta-Saññā' / 'Perception of Not-Self' to all the various thoughts, images, worries, phantasies bubbling up in our mind.  

Whatever distracts us from the breath, whether it's plans for the future or little traumas from the past, whether it's sensual images or restless thinking, we do not fight with them, we do not try to suppress them. Instead, we just see them as:

We can apply not-self even to the process of meditation:

If we are not the meditator, not the one 'doing' the meditation, suddenly meditating becomes so easy, we're cruising along smoothly 😊

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