Tips of Meditation

The main instruction off course. The most interesting & beneficial aspect of this practice is how we work with the thought process. It is what occurs in the mind that we experience as pleasure & pain, happy & sad, & so on, & we usually try to either grasp (or) reject what we like (or) dislike. As you begin your awareness’ meditation, you will become aware of the many waves of a thought that come up and disappear endlessly. This is totally natural & occurs to everyone and everything, but it is how we regard this process that is the different between whether (or) not we suffer from it.

Everything that occurs to your mind is Easley an experience of mind. Those are a key point there. It is recommended spending some time a ways from your meditation seats simply reflecting on this important point. Generally, we do not maintain the awareness that this is so, and we easily become wrapped up in all that occurs to us. While not abandoning the awareness of your breathing and of your body sitting there, let your mind become aware that all that your senses perceive, and all thoughts that flicker. It is truly a simple thing to see that all that occurs to your mind is just an occurrence of mind. Just relax as you experience your breathing in and out, and be aware that you are aware of what occurs to your mind. This is the main instruction.

 Try to maintain this awareness of awareness for a short period of, perhaps just for a minute. Then, just let that drop, and take a break. A break in this case does not compulsory mean standing up (or) even moving your bodies at all. It just means to drop the meditation exercise for a time. Stretching & another deep breath (or) 2 can be helpful before you begin another short ‘sessions’.

Repeating many short sessions within a period of meditation are considered to be far superior to the marathon approach of trying to hold on to awareness as long as you can. Letting go of our awareness again and again keeps the practice from become a burden and has enormous long-term benefit to the practitioner.

The Key Point

All that occurs to your mind is easily an occurrence of mind.  It is important take frequent breaks from the techniques.