Wide Angle Vision Tips

Spread your arms out to your sides as wide and as far back as you can, while looking straight ahead. Expand your peripheral vision and wiggle your fingers. Move your hands forward until you can see your fingers wiggling in your peripheral vision. HOLD that right there, taking in the whole scene but not tunnelling in on one object. You're now in wide angle vision. 

If you tunnel in on something, fine. Let it pass, then expand your vision again. And practice, practice, practice.

--G.O.

I like to go through a sense meditation before going into Wide Angle Vision (WAV).  I go to my sit spot, do a couple of command breaths, lay the back of my palms on the ground and close my eyes.  Then I spend a couple of minutes focused on touch and feeling with my skin.  Then I focus on the sense of smell; then hearing, pouring everything I have into each sense.  Then I bring them all together, eyes still closed.  Then I do a Breath to Surrender and slowly open my eyes into WAV. 

This might help you relax and "let go".  I also feel that WAV is a sphere; so see the sphere or the circle. 

Another thing to do is to keep using your twittling fingers to the sides and above and below you to help gauge how far to the peripherals you can see.

--H.C.