(NR) Achieving Balance
November 22, 2008
An important principle in meditating, in getting the mind to settle down properly, is to develop a sense of balance so that your desire isn’t so strong that it runs away with you or so weak that you don’t really care. Your effort isn’t so strong that it wears you out, but not so weak that you don’t accomplish anything. And so on down the line. You don’t want to think too much because that destroys your concentration. But it’s also possible not to think enough—as when you have a problem and don’t try to think it through to discover the cause.