“I am breathing out, and I am aware my hands are carrying a pot of boiling water,” or “I am breathing in, and I am aware that my right hand is holding an electric wire,” or even “I am breathing in, and I am aware that I am passing another car. I am breathing out and-I know that the situation is under control.” We can practice like this.

Only because we imprison ourselves in the idea of a small self do we create a state of darkness, narrowness, anxiety, and sorrow. According to our narrow view of a truly existing self, life is just my body, my house, my spouse, my children, and my riches. But if we can extend beyond every limit we have created for ourselves, we will see that our li

The eighth method aims at the transformation of the energy of feelings. By observing the true nature of any feeling, we can transform its energy into the energy of peace and joy. When we understand someone, we can accept and love him. Once we have accepted him, there is no longer any feeling of reproach or irritation against him. The energy of the

am breathing in, and I am sitting down.” “I am breathing in and wiping the table.” “I am breathing in and smiling at myself.” “I am breathing in and lighting the stove.” Stopping both the random progression of thoughts and living in forgetfulness is a giant step forward in meditation practice. We can realize this step by following our breath and co

The intelligent practitioner knows how to regulate and master his or her breath, body, and mind, in order to enhance the power of concentration before proceeding in the work of observation to shed light. Meditation practice is nourishing for body and mind, and can also expand our vision. Expanded vision enables us to go beyond passionate attachment

“When the practitioner can abide in meditative stability without being distracted and can investigate every dharma, every object of mind that arises, then the second Factor of Awakening will be born and developed in him, the factor of investigating dharmas. When this factor is developed, it will come to perfection. “When the practitioner can observ

All physiological phenomena, such as the breath, the nervous system, the sense organs; all psychological phenomena, such as feelings, thought, consciousness; and all physical phenomena, such as the earth, water, grass, trees, mountains, and rivers; all are objects of mind and therefore all are mind. All of them can be called “dharmas.”

The initial joy of meditation is like leaving the city, with its hyperactivity and all its disturbing encounters, going off to the countryside to sit beneath a tree, alone. We feel totally at ease, peaceful and joyful. What a joy, what a relief, like when you complete a difficult examination and feel that you have laid aside all anxiety forevermore

We see that we are that very irritation in the present moment. Thanks to this approach, we no longer need to make an effort to oppose, expel, or destroy the irritation. When we practice observation meditation, we do not set up barriers between good and bad in ourselves and transform ourselves into a battlefield. That is the main thing Buddhism seek