Do you have the right attitude for doing Meditation'?

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Do you have the right attitude for doing " Meditation'?

WHAT IS THE RIGHT ATTITUDE FOR MEDITATION ?

 

The most important thing when you are meditating is to have the

right attitude .

 

1 When meditating : Don't focus too hard

 

Don't control

 

Don't try to create something

 

Don't force or restrict yourself

 

2 Don't try to create anything But don't reject what is happening

 

But as things happen or stop happening , don't forget

 

Be aware of them

 

3 Trying to create something is lobha ( greed )

 

Rejecting what is happening is dosa ( aversion )

 

Not knowing if something is happening

 

or has stopped happening is moha ( delusion )

 

4 Only when the observing mind has no lobha , dosa , nor soka

 

( worry / anxiety ) inside it , then the meditating mind will

arise

 

5 You have to double check to see what attitude you are

meditating with

 

6 You have to accept and watch both good and bad experiences

 

7 You only want good experiences

 

You don't want even the tiniest unpleasant experience

 

Is this fair ? Is this the way of the Dhamma ?

 

8 Don't have any expectations

 

Don't want anything

 

Don't be anxious

 

Because if these attitudes are in your mind ,

 

It becomes difficult to meditate

 

9 Why are you focusing so hard when you meditate ?

 

You want something to happen ?

 

You want something to stop happening ?

 

It is likely that one of these attitudes is there

 

10 If the mind is getting tired

 

something is wrong with the way you are practicing

 

11 You cannot practice when the mind is tense

 

12 If the mind and body are getting tired

 

it is time to check the way you are meditating

 

13 Meditating is waiting and watching

 

With awareness and comprehension

 

Understanding

 

Not thinking

 

Not reflecting

 

Not judging

 

14 Don't practice with a mind that wants something

 

or wants something to happen

 

The only result will be that you will tire yourself

 

15 The meditating mind should be relaxed and at peace

 

16 Both the mind and the body should be comfortable

 

17 A light and free mind enables you to meditate well

 

Do you have the right attitude ?

 

18 Meditating is ,

 

Whatever happens good or bad ,

 

Accepting , relaxing and watching it

 

19 What is the mind doing ?

 

Thinking ? Or being aware ?

 

20 Where is the mind now ?

 

Inside ? Or outside ? ( of oneself )

 

21 Is the watching / observing mind

 

properly aware ?

 

Or only superficially aware ?

 

22 You are not trying to make things turn out

 

the way you want it to happen

 

you are trying to know what is happening as it is

 

23 Don't feel disturbed by the thinking mind

 

You are not practicing to prevent thinking

 

To recognize and acknowledge thinking whenever it arises

 

is what you are practicing

 

24 You are not supposed to reject the object

 

( phenomena / things that are happening / being known )

 

You are to know ( and thus note / observe ) the defilement's

 

that arise because of the object and thus remove them

 

( the defilement's )

 

25 Only when there is Saddha ( Faith ) , Viriya ( energy ) will

arise

 

Only when there is Viriya , Sati ( mindfulness ) will become

continuous

 

Only when Sati is continuous , Samadhi will become

established

 

Only when Samadhi is established , then you will know

things as they really are , Saddha then increases further

 

26 Just pay attention to what is exactly in the present moment

 

Don't go to the past !

 

Don't plan for the future !

 

27 The object is not important

 

The mind that is working in the background –

 

working to be aware i.e. the observing mind is more important

 

If the observing ( mind ) is done with the right attitude the

 

object will be the right object