We may be half-in and half-out, or we may have passed through that stage. We may be fully-in too.
If we are passing through the half-in and half-out stage, later on you will look back and tell yourself: "I should have moved through that stage a lot quicker".
If we don't know what half-in and half-out means - it is a stage where we attend everything but psychologically we don't show up and participate. We just can't get a hold of our attention and we find ourselves thinking about what I am going to do when I get home and how much I can enjoy the weekend. We are in a retreat and we just can't wait to feel that sensation of being released, in the car driving home, ready to go out, watch TV or play with the dog.
If we think we are not half-in and half-out, but we find that it is a real struggle to pay attention to the class and do a proper mediation in the centre, we have to go deep into ourselves and find out where we are half-out.
The best thing to do is to pass through that stage of half-in and half-out as quickly as possible., The longer we stay in that state the more time we waste and the more our suffering persists.
The way out is a deep inner work.
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