Practical Meditation Advice
When someone with a regimented practice that’s gone stale comes to me for advice, one suggestion I almost always give is, “see if you can just do nothing for an hour.” If I feel like elaborating, I might say, “let your attention settle into a natural groove of open receptivity. Be like a cat, with a delicate, broad awareness taking in the whole... See more
Sasha Chapin • Practice Nothing, the Most Profound of All Practices
A helpful phrase to remember when dealing with distractions of any kind is, let it come, let it be, let it go. Don’t try to suppress it, just let it come into peripheral awareness. Don’t engage the distraction or focus attention on it, simply disregard it and let it be in the background. Then, let it go away by itself. This is a passive process.
... See moreCuladasa John Yates • The Mind Illuminated - A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science
Let it come, let it be, let it go
My sense, based on personal experience and observing others, is that you taking to the practice depends on your ability to catch a glimpse of non-duality. Try it out, and if you don’t experience an opening in any way after some exploration, I advise to return to a “bottom up” approach, with my usual recommendation being Vipassana practice as it’s
... See moreJude Star • Exploring Meditation 3: Non-Duality and Direct Path
As fellow teacher Stephanie Nash is fond of saying, “A good meditation is one you did—the only bad meditation is one you didn’t do.” Take her wise advice to heart.
Culadasa John Yates • The Mind Illuminated - A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science
To develop intentionally directed, stable attention, you must first have a clear understanding of its opposite, spontaneous movements of attention. Attention moves spontaneously in three different ways: scanning, getting captured, and alternating.