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'Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add but when there is nothing left to take away.' - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry It is beneficial to contemplate this quote, in order to realise that this is the intention of spiritual and meditational practice. You know intuitively that when you meditate, you are not …
The manipulative ego mind will want you to be distracted as you sit in meditation. When it does this for just a few minutes each time it is okay, but after three minutes, the mind will usually find something else to focus on because the mind is threatened by stillness. This is because on some …
There is an awareness that's coming up to the surface, and it's wonderful that this is happening, but such an awareness requires our specific mindful presence, something that I call mindful awareness. Mindful awareness helps us to be aware of the subtlety that's happening in the world, meaning that which is coming up to the …