e thinking about a way to categorize all of these different practices fromdifferent traditions.  Shinzen said, when things are difficult, he willdownshift to mindfulness of the body as kind of first gear.  So I took that ball and ran with it.  I think of this as being divided into three gears, a kind of three-speed transmission.  First gear is looking at theobjects of awareness, the changing phenomena of mind and body, so vipassana is first gear.  Second gear is to turn the attention around and ask the question to whom is this happening.  So that would be Advaita Vedanta or certain kind of Zen, Hwadu.And third gear is to recognize, as Tibetan Buddhists might say, the essential nature of mind.  To recognize what is always already done.  This moment is perfect as it is and you need only recognize that.  So that’s the three speed transmission.  And one way to approach it is to go to third gear first.  If you can see that this moment is perfect as it is, well I would just lo