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Practice Note: Thoughts as Scenery

Gil Fronsdal
By: Gil Fronsdal

This ability to step away from thoughts and see them as part of the scenery is a very helpful part of meditation practice. See if you can get the hang of how to step away from your thoughts, to see beyond them, to their edges.

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