Stay with the breath here wishing for your own true happiness (metta)
"If you find that you’re having trouble staying with the breath, you can use goodwill [mettā] as a way of reminding yourself that this is why you’re here: for your true happiness. It’s because you really do wish yourself well. This means that the meditation is not a burden that’s being placed on you. There are difficulties in the practice but you’re following this practice because you wish yourself well. You’re not trying to punish yourself. That attitude of goodwill is another guardian meditation."
~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Furnishing Your Home for the Mind"
Comments
Post a Comment