As the Buddha said, you want to find a sense of ease, a sense of pleasure, a sense of rapture, and indulge in it.

"A large part of settling right in here is learning to find something that’s pleasing right here. As the Buddha said, you want to find a sense of ease, a sense of pleasure, a sense of rapture, and indulge in it. So you get to choose: What kind of breathing feels good right now? When you find something that seems promising, hold on to it. Stick with it, because it’ll develop. It’s not the case that when rapture hits, it hits out of nowhere, one-hundred percent. It grows on you gradually.

The same with the pleasure: It grows on you. In the beginning, it’s not all that impressive, but you can ask yourself: “What can I do to make it feel at least a little bit better? What kind of breathing would I like right now?” This is a large part of the concentration practice: finding something you like. You’re not doing this because anyone else told you. As Ajaan Fuang liked to say, “We’re nobody’s servant. We’re not here because anybody paid us or gave us permission to practice. We’re here because we want to.” So what would make you want to stay in the present moment? What kind of breathing? What kind of sense of pleasure in the body would make you want to stay? Steer the breath in that direction."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Path & Goal"

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