Unclutching through breath
ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE
Unclutching is a self-purifying technique. For any technique to be self-purifying and liberating, the moment you become subtle, the technique should also become subtle by itself. Unclutching is one such technique. The technique that does not become subtle by itself stays in the gross level. If it is not able to kill itself, if the technique is not able to commit suicide, it will kill you! The beauty with the technique of unclutching is that it will become subtler and subtler by itself as you become subtler. Finally, it will dissolve.
Let us see how unclutching is related to what happens every moment in your body – breathing! As you saw, between the incoming breath and the outgoing breath is a neutral zone. Your identity exists in the incoming and outgoing breath spaces. But in the gap of the neutral zone your identity does not exist.
You think that the breathing time is more than the neutral zone, because you have more thoughts when breathing. Because you give more emphasis to your identity, you think that the time of the incoming breath and outgoing breath is more than the time of neutral space. In reality it is not. It is just a psychological game.
The neutral zone is the natural space of unclutching. When there is no identity, naturally there can be no thoughts. If you can keep your awareness in the neutral zone, unclutching becomes effortless.
Duration: 20 minutes
Step1: 5 minutes
Close your eyes.
Sit straight.
For the first few moments, inhale and exhale, as deeply as possible.
Slowly start witnessing only the incoming breath. Do not bother about the outgoing breath or the neutral space. Just witness the incoming breath first.
Be the witness. Be aware of the incoming breath.
Step2: 5 minutes
Now slowly start witnessing only the outgoing breath. Forget about the incoming breath or the neutral space. Just witness and be aware of only the outgoing breath.
Step3: 5 minutes
Now slowly, very slowly, be aware of both the neutral spaces when your incoming breath turns into the outgoing breath, and when your outgoing breath turns into the incoming breath. Be aware. Witness both the neutral spaces alone. Intensely be aware of both the neutral spaces.
Duration: 20 minutes (continuation)
Step4: 5 minutes
Now, be aware of the incoming breath, neutral space, outgoing breath, and neutral space.
Be unclutched.
Whatever thought comes in your mind, do not connect it to anything.
Don't even think that you are thinking. Even that idea comes because you connect your thoughts. Everything is just completely independent. So do not connect them and create one more thought that you are thinking.
Let the independent thought bubbles rise and fall. Let the independent thoughts come and go. Do not connect them and think you are thinking.
Be unclutched.
If thoughts come, let them come. If they go, let them go. Your idea that you are thinking is a lie.
Relax from your mind.
Let go.
Be liberated.
Mind – Rewind and drop