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- Using Right Resolve Rightly… In other words, you’re focused on the directed thought and evaluation of concentration: “How do I get to understand my breath? How do I get to understand whatever it is that I’m going to take as my object for concentration and adjust it in a way, adjust the mind in a way, so that the object and the mind fit together, and …
- Shoulds & Desires… path: Instead of taking things in, taking things in, taking things in, we’re learning how to radiate good things out, out, out. As when you’re meditating here, right now: Focusing on the breath may seem as if it’s just between you and your breath, and nobody else is involved. But when the mind settles down, it does have an energy. That …
- At Home with the Breath… Okay, how about something else?” How about trying it with the breath longer? How about focusing in another part of the body? All kinds of things you can do—and your inner sense of the body is your playground. It’s good to think of it that way, as a playground. Ajaan Fuang would often say, “Play with your meditation. Do it playfully.” In …
- Single-minded Determination… In other words, you’re focused on the drawbacks of taking conditioned things as your goal so that you don’t get complacent. Sometimes it’s easy: You get a nice, calm state in meditation, life around you seems pretty effortless, and it’s very tempting — and this happens to many, many meditators — to say that this is fine enough right here. It’s …
- Open Door Meditation… In the same way, as you get up from meditation you’ve got to be very attentive to the center in the body where you’ve focused, where you find a sense of comfort. If it’s one of the spots that Ajaan Lee talks about, it’s an area where the breath energy there connects with the breath energy throughout the body. So …
- Magha Puja: Showing Respect with the Practice… To focus on the breath, to know when it’s coming in, to know when it’s going out, is called focusing on form—the way you feel the body from within. And allow it to be comfortable. After all, the mind won’t stay if it’s not comfortable. As you can depend more and more on the sense of feeling centered, it …
- Inner Wealth… People at present are very conscious of outside dangers, but instead of focusing on the outside dangers, you should focus more on what things you can build into the mind that are not touched by those dangers, so that no matter what happens, you’re well prepared. You’ve also created a good place for yourself to go. Because where do you go? You …
- Four Determinations in One… In getting the mind focused, on the one hand, you develop the focus of the concentration, and then you contemplate each element, one by one, to see that it’s not worthy of attachment. So it’s a practice of concentration in tandem with discernment, or tranquility in tandem with insight. He starts with earth. You focus on the fact that you’ve got …
- A Tale of Two Kings… What you’re doing right now is focusing on the breath. Direct your thoughts to the breath. Evaluate the breath. Hold certain perceptions of the breath in mind so that you can create a feeling of well-being and allow that feeling of well-being to spread through the body. The choices you make as you do that really do change your experience. And …
- Generating Desire… The Buddha focused on heedfulness as an ideal kind of motivation: “One who sees danger and respects being heedful,” as in the chant just now. The phrase, “seeing danger,” is one of those fanciful etymologies that come from the Commentary: They take the word *bhikkhu, *monk, and they cut it into two syllables and they decide, from the meaning of each syllable, that it …
- The Seven Factors for Awakening… If you find that just focusing on one spot in the body tends to make you sleepy, move your focus around. If the breath seems too light to focus on, make it heavier. In other words, you actively work with what you’ve got to try to figure things out. That gives rise to a sense of rapture or refreshment. It wakes you up …
- The Positive Side of Heedfulness… Or in the time it takes to chew this mouthful of food, I could do a lot in the practice.” This attitude focuses your attention on the positive things that can be done with the little amount of time you might have. And this doesn’t have to be just the little amount of time before death. It can also be the little amount …
- The Languages of Right View… When you think about your meditation and its ups and downs, and you start focusing on the downs, that’ll have one impact on the mind. If you say simply, “Okay, there’s something wrong here, there’s a problem to be solved,” and thinking of it in terms of, “Is there mindfulness? Is there alertness? Is there ardency?”: That changes the whole discussion …
- Weathering Karma Storms… If you’re able to sit here without too much of an invasion from past actions, you can give all your attention to what you’re doing right now—focusing on the breath, talking to yourself about the breath, holding in mind a perception of the breath that makes it easy for feelings of well-being to spread through the body. There are other …
- All of a Piece… Keep focusing the mind on the breath whether you feel like it or not. At the same time, stay away from distractions whether you want to follow them or not. You have to develop the attitude that your wants and your likes are not reliable, especially when you see that they lead in the wrong direction. You’ve got to learn strategies for saying …
- A Fool for Sensuality… And you start out by focusing on this analysis of the body. This enables you to track out where the other strands of these delusions are that have you so tied down in the narratives, in the fantasies, in your role in the fantasies, in the crazy desires you have around sensuality. Think of King Pasenadi. He had his queens. He was deluded enough …
- Intro to Breath Meditation… You can focus on the breath at any one point in the body where it’s easy to stay focused. It can be the tip of the nose, the middle of the chest, or any place where you can easily sense the process of breathing, where you can keep your focus comfortable and that spot of the body comfortable as you breathe in, breathe …
- A Skillful Attitude… Getting the mind into position means focusing it on the breath. Wherever you sense the breath or the process of breathing, focus your attention there. And allow yourself to think of the concept of breathing in a wide way. It’s not just air coming in and out of the lungs. It’s the whole energy flow in the body. And wherever in the …
- Desire for Happiness… But if you close off the water courses, that keeps the current focused, and it builds up a momentum. The further it goes down the hillside, the stronger it gets. It’s the same with this quality of consistency in your practice. Once you learn to be sensitive to the breath, in touch with the breath, then allow it to expand through the body …
- Skillful Desire… You can put it aside.” The problem with desire, of course, is that sometimes it can get in the way if you’re focused too much on the results and not enough on the causes. That kind of desire can be an obstacle. It’s like driving to a mountain on the horizon. If you focus on the mountain all the time, you’re …
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