Unskillful Voices
January 13, 2006
Developing a sense of ease in the meditation is important. Having your spot inside the body where you feel at ease, where the breath feels gratifying, feels good coming in, feels good going out, is an important ally in the practice. After all, when you sit down and look at your mind, you’ll often see things you don’t like. Sometimes they’re memories of the past, things you did in the past that you wish you hadn’t done, or things you didn’t do that you wish you could have done. Sometimes they’re urges in the present moment: things that you’d like to do but you don’t feel right about doing. You see them there in the mind. If you’re going to deal with them, you have to come from a position where you don’t feel threatened by them, don’t feel weighed down by them. For this reason, you need this spot where it just feels good to stay right here. Work on developing this.