Sunday, December 8, 2024

Ajahn Sumedho - the right way to meditate

 p100-01 From ‘The mind and the way’

How should I try to practice meditation when my mind is just scrambled at the end of the day when mind goes around and around spinning in circles because when i sits still my minds either thinking about things or I feel sleepy.

 Answer:  well regard meditation as recognizing the way things are.  to start a meditation is always to recognize where you are right here.  so that if your mind is scrambled at the end of the day, then just recognize scrambled, acknowledge the feeling and the aversion to it. The wanting it to be otherwise. That is the right way of meditating. With this attitude you'll find that your meditation will have a very beneficial effect