The most important thing when you are meditating is to have the right attitude .
1 . When meditating : Don't focus too hard
Don't control
Don't try to create something
Don't force or restrict yourself
2 . Don't try to create anything But don't reject what is happening
But as things happen or stop happening , don't forget
Be aware of them
3 . Trying to create something is lobha ( greed )
Rejecting what is happening is dosa ( aversion )
Not knowing if something is happening
or has stopped happening is moha ( delusion )
4 . Only when the observing mind has no lobha , dosa , nor soka
( worry / anxiety ) inside it , then the meditating mind will arise
5 . You have to double check to see what attitude you are meditating with
6 . You have to accept and watch both good and bad experiences
7 . You only want good experiences
You don't want even the tiniest unpleasant experience
Is this fair ? Is this the way of the Dhamma ?
8 . Don't have any expectations
Don't want anything
Don't be anxious
Because if these attitudes are in your mind ,
It becomes difficult to meditate
9 . Why are you focusing so hard when you meditate ?
You want something to happen ?
You want something to stop happening ?
It is likely that one of these attitudes is there
10 . If the mind is getting tired
something is wrong with the way you are practicing
11 . You cannot practice when the mind is tense
12 . If the mind and body are getting tired
it is time to check the way you are meditating
13 . Meditating is waiting and watching
With awareness and comprehension
Understanding
Not thinking
Not reflecting
Not judging
14 . Don't practice with a mind that wants something
or wants something to happen
The only result will be that you will tire yourself
15 . The meditating mind should be relaxed and at peace
16 . Both the mind and the body should be comfortable
17 . A light and free mind enables you to meditate well
Do you have the right attitude ?
18 . Meditating is ,
Whatever happens good or bad ,
Accepting , relaxing and watching it
19 . What is the mind doing ?
Thinking ? Or being aware ?
20 . Where is the mind now ?
Inside ? Or outside ? ( of oneself )
21 . Is the watching / observing mind
properly aware ?
Or only superficially aware ?
22 . You are not trying to make things turn out
the way you want it to happen
you are trying to know what is happening as it is
23 . Don't feel disturbed by the thinking mind
You are not practicing to prevent thinking
To recognize and acknowledge thinking whenever it arises
is what you are practicing
24 . You are not supposed to reject the object
( phenomena / things that are happening / being known )
You are to know ( and thus note / observe ) the defilement's
that arise because of the object and thus remove them
( the defilement's )
25 . Only when there is Saddha ( Faith ) , Viriya ( energy ) will arise
Only when there is Viriya , Sati ( mindfulness ) will become continuous
Only when Sati is continuous , Samadhi will become established
Only when Samadhi is established , then you will know
things as they really are , Saddha then increases further
26 . Just pay attention to what is exactly in the present moment
Don't go to the past !
Don't plan for the future !
27 . The object is not important
The mind that is working in the background –
working to be aware i.e. the observing mind is more important
If the observing ( mind ) is done with the right attitude the
object will be the right object
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