Here we discover that the diversity of consciousness is another heavy burden.

During meditation you become someone who has no history.

The understanding that diversity is a heavy burden is crucial to being able to focus on the breath.

So if you seek truth, you should value silent awareness and, when meditating, consider it more important than any thought.

The happiness generated by sensual excitement is hot and stimulating but also agitated and therefore tiring. Repetition makes it fade.

An effective way to overcome the inner commentary is to develop a refined present-moment awareness. You watch every moment so closely that you simply don’t have the time to comment about what has just happened.

You should realize that you are much closer to truth when you observe without commentary, when you experience just the silent awareness of the present moment.

Sometimes we assume it is through the inner commentary that we know the world. Actually, that inner speech does not know the world at all. It is the inner speech that spins the delusions that cause suffering. Inner speech causes us to be angry with our enemies and to form dangerous attachments to our loved ones.

The experience that tells you what the breath is doing, that is what you focus on. Let go of the concern about where this experience is located. Just focus on the experience itself.