When you live fully in the moment, you see there is only this moment Now, there is no past (only a memory experienced Now), no future (only imagination) just this breath ...
Meditation points by Milarepa - pith instructions with a few additional.explanations
Early morning (when the energy js predominantly Vatta and until Kapha sets in which causes inertia), get up, Exhale (we are in a giving mood after rest so ofering comes easier), inhale, relax your body, sit up
Maitrī (1 minute meditation), Karuna need to be spoken (Bodhicitta)
Visualize yourself as Avalokiteshvara (4 arms Avalokiteshvara) - 1 minute, bija HRĪH, mudras two hands in front at the chest in Manidhara mudra which is similar to Namaskar but with the fingers slightly arched like holding a jewel (mani) and whose meaning is the indivisibility of the union of method and wisdom (represented by the seed sylable HUNG - the seed sylable of AkSHobhya), the other two, one holds a rosary or mala and means method (in Sanskrit upaya - skillful means that is altruistic intention to become enlightened for the benefit and happiness of all my dear mother sentient beings which is Bodhicitta, universal comoassion - Mahakaruna and love - maitri) and the other a lotus meaning wisdom (in Sanskrit prajna or pragya - that is wisdom realizing impermanence (of which there are two gross and subtle, the subtle is related to moment to moment change), wisdom of realizing the emptiness of a person (according to Vaibhashika one of the 4 philosophical tenets (Siddhanta) taught by the Buddha, the person is the mere collection of the 5 aggregates), the wisdom of emptiness of the difference between subject and object (also called the error of the intellect) and wisdom of emptiness) . Both seem to be in a mudra which looks like the ring finger touches the palm while the tip of the thumb touches the point between the 2nd and the third phalange, asana Vajrāsana, mantra OM MANI PADME HUNG (Mani symbolizes father method, Padme - mother wisdom of emptiness)
On top of your head you visualize Buddha Amitabha, red color, your mind is the root lama (rigpa), the form is Buddha Amitabha, bija HRĪH, mudra Dhyana mudra (meditation mudra, hands in the lap, right rests in the left palm and thumbs touch, Vairocana 7 point meditation posture (1. asana Vajrāsana, 2. hands in Dhyana mudra in your lap relaxed, 3. spine straight not leaning on anything, 4. shoulders relaxed not slouching, 5. head slightly tilted forward, 6. eyes slightly open looking toward the tip of the nose or in front, not closed, not wide open), 7. tongue touches the upper palate to prevent saliva from forming and to close the energetic circuit of Ren Mai - Du Mai, jaws relaxed)- 1 minute
Buddha Amitabha (symbolizing the aggregate of discernment (the other 4 aggregates form, consciousness, feeling and compositional factors when recognized are the other 4 Dhyani Buddhas AkSHobhya-Vajrasattva, Vairocana, Ratnasambhava, Amoghasiddhi ) disolves into you, meditate on inner spaciousness, Shunyata (do not recall the past, do not imagine the future, do not even think, just relax)
Short dedication
