"Allow everything to be just as it is." This is a statement I use often in Qigong classes. It comes from the Zuowang meditation practice. Rather than focusing on one thing, like the breath, to quiet the mind, the Zuowang approach is to maintain a focus-less awareness. You are not blocking out what is, but you are not drawn in by it either – whether it is a sound, a distracting thought, a sensation, etc. We simply allow the moment to be what it is.
How many moments do we spend with that aching in our bellies to accomplish something, to prove something, to be something? Zuowang is like widening the camera lens to encompass a broader awareness, and to simply be the photographer, observing. Try it – right now. Stop reading and open up your lens to the present moment. Aware of everything, yet focused on no one thing.
This is a powerful practice, even if we practice just half a minute every now and then.
