What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Starting a Meditation Practice

“You can dramatically extend life—not by multiplying the number of your years, but by expanding the fullness of your moments.”

I like reminding myself that I don’t need to do anything to receive sensation—the universe will keep on being the universe, and interesting data will come to me, I don’t have to force anything. This can bring about a mental unclenching that enables deeper and more satisfying practice.

a critical attitude towards the current situation is detrimental to collectedness—it’s much easier to focus when you accept your current thoughts and emotions. Thus the most powerful meditation prompt I’ve ever heard, from Loch Kelly: “What is here now if there's no problem to solve?”