Meditation is what charges our mindfulness battery, and mindfulness is the driving force of a clear, peaceful, calm, quiet and confident mind.
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| Peaceful Forest Tim Schorre |
What do we just do? We just sit, still, without moving, and focus on our breath. No numbers, no words, no visualizations, no wondering about the breathing. Just noticing it go in and out: in the diaphragm, chest, or at the tip of the nostrils. When a thought, a sensation, a feeling, a sound, whatever, arises as a distraction and we notice that we are thinking or feeling or hearing, we let go of that distraction and mindfully return to observing our breath.
We don’t judge or evaluate our meditation. We just sit.
Meditation is about letting go, not attaining. How do we let go? We let go by focusing our attention on something else. For example, when we notice we are listening to a bird, we let go by simply (re)focusing on our breath.
Allow the breath to be natural. Don’t try to change it or control it. Simply breathe. Simply observe.
About Xianyang Carl Jerome
1 comment:
I like this description of zazen.
I've always found breath-counting to be a source of strange anxiety and distraction when sitting.
Thanks for posting.
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