The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

by Thich Nhat Hanh

Your true visage before you were born In the full or half lotus follow your breath. Concentrate on the point of your life’s beginning—A. Know that it is also the point of beginning of your death. See that both your life and death are manifested at the same time: this is because that is, this could not have been if that were not. See that the existence of your life and death depend on each other: one is the foundation of the other. See that you are at the same time your life and your death; that the two are not enemies but two aspects of the same reality. Then concentrate on the point of ending of the twofold manifestation—B—which is wrongly called death. See that it is the ending point of the manifestation of both your life and your death. See that there is no difference before A and after B. Search for your true face in the periods before A and after B.