Exercise

• The section on the material elements is this refrain: “Thus he dwells contemplating the body in the body internally, or externally, or both internally and externally”.
• I will read an element and its characteristics. E.g. “Earth – Solidity, softness or hardness, heaviness”
• One person (“experiencer”) watches internally, exploring body sensations in terms of the qualities of the four elements, naming aloud the qualities of the sensations as they are felt.
• I'll ring the bell each minute, and we'll move on to a new element and its characteristics.
• The other person (“listener”) listens with kindness, contemplating externally.