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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rapa" data-source="post: 559751" data-attributes="member: 212">The most important thing when you are meditating is to have the rightattitude.1.When meditating: Don't focus too hardDon't controlDon't try to create somethingDon't force or restrict yourself2.Don't try to create anything But don't reject what is happeningBut as things happen or stop happening, don't forgetBe aware of them3.Trying to create something is lobha (greed)Rejecting what is happening is dosa (aversion)Not knowing if something is happeningor 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 arise5.You have to double check to see what attitude you are meditatingwith6.You have to accept and watch both good and bad experiences7.You only want good experiencesYou don't want even the tiniest unpleasant experienceIs this fair? Is this the way of the Dhamma?8.Don't have any expectationsDon't want anythingDon't be anxiousBecause if these attitudes are in your mind,It becomes difficult to meditate9.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 there10.If the mind is getting tiredsomething is wrong with the way you are practicing11.You cannot practice when the mind is tense12.If the mind and body are getting tiredit is time to check the way you are meditating13.Meditating is waiting and watchingWith awareness and comprehensionUnderstandingNot thinkingNot reflectingNot judging14.Don't practice with a mind that wants somethingor wants something to happenThe only result will be that you will tire yourself15.The meditating mind should be relaxed and at peace16.Both the mind and the body should be comfortable17.A light and free mind enables you to meditate wellDo you have the right attitude?18.Meditating is,Whatever happens good or bad,Accepting, relaxing and watching it19.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 mindproperly aware?Or only superficially aware?22.You are not trying to make things turn outthe way you want it to happenyou are trying to know what is happening as it is23.Don't feel disturbed by the thinking mindYou are not practicing to prevent thinkingTo recognize and acknowledge thinking whenever it arisesis what you are practicing24.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'sthat arise because of the object and thus remove them(the defilement's)25.Only when there is Saddha (Faith), Viriya (energy) will ariseOnly when there is Viriya, Sati (mindfulness) will become continuousOnly when Sati is continuous, Samadhi will become establishedOnly when Samadhi is established, then you will knowthings as they really are, Saddha then increases further26.Just pay attention to what is exactly in the present momentDon't go to the past!Don't plan for the future!27.The object is not importantThe mind that is working in the background -working to be aware i.e. the observing mind is more importantIf the observing (mind) is done with the right attitude theobject will be the right objectTHERUWAN SARANAI!</blockquote>

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