Don't Try Too Hard

[ophidimancer]

Don't strain. Don't force anything or make grand, exaggerated efforts. Meditation is not aggressive. There is no place or need for violent striving. Just let your effort be relaxed and steady.

-Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, "Mindfulness in Plain English"

Comments

[animuskv]

I'm glad/peeved I understand this, NOW.

[anandaphoenix]

Speaking of which, where did my copy of "Mindfulness in Plain English" go?

[toraemon]

didn't you take it back a long time ago?

[ophidimancer]

Yeah I gae it back to you a long while ago.

[magmaforge]

HMmmm.... works for body functions too...
*runs away*