Turning inwards

Once aware of ourselves, others and our surroundings we are ready to turn inwards and do the actual work of meditation; the observing of the own mind.
One is in choppy waters straight away! How on earth does one observe the own mind?

The first step is to see your own thoughts as clouds passing by against a background of the vast blue sky.
The thoughts that drift by have, like clouds, all sorts of shapes and forms. Some are threatening, others are funny, intriguing, sad, frightening, light, dark.....
Let them pass by and look at them with the distant amusement of a cloud watcher.
Observe the parade of monsters, clowns, demons, angels, lovers, strangers, people, animals.....
Be aware of how they arise and fall.
And most of all: be aware of how when you observe them: they vanish. And leave nothing but a vast blue sky.

Cloud Installations by Berndnaut Smilde