St abi l i t yof Me di t at i on I ti si mpor t antt onot et hat ,dur i nganypr ac t i c e,i fy ouhav et r oubl eget t i ngy ourmi ndc l earands et t l ed, donotgi v eupandgetupf r om y ourmedi t at i on. Al way st r yt oend wi t haqual i t y ,c l ear ,per f ec tmedi t at i on,ev eni fi t ’ sj us tf orone mi nut e. Don’ tbef or c ef ul .J us tr el axandt r yt of oc usc l ear l yf oronemi nut e bef or ec onc l udi ngy ours es s i on. I fy oumak eahabi tofendi ngat abadt i me,y ouwi l l hav emor et r oubl eget t i ngi nt oqual i t ymedi t at i on. Gr adual l y ,t hr ought hi spr ac t i c e,ourmi ndbec omesmor es t abl e, f oc us ed,c al m,andc l ear . Themor epeac ef ul ands t abl eourmi nd i s ,t hemor ewewi l l gett hec l ear ,i nnerex per i enc eofourmi nd. Gr eatpr ac t i t i oner sar eev ent ual l yabl et omai nt ai nt hi sex per i enc e f orv er yl ongper i odsoft i me. Zhi ne,i sani mpor t antt ool ,butwes houl dnotwas t et oomuc hof ourl i f eonl yi nt hes ec onc ent r at i onormi ndf ul nes smedi t at i ons . Somepeopl ef eel t hatwhent heyex per i enc eac er t ai nqual i t yof Zhi net hatt heyr eac hanul t i mat es t at eofmedi t at i on.Bec aus eZhi nec angi v er i s et os uc hf eel i ngs ofopennes sandc l ar i t y ,t heyenj oyt heex per i enc eands t ayi nt hats t at e.I fweonl ys pendourl i f e f oc us i ngont hebr eat horbei ngmi ndf ul ,wi t houtt hewi s dom ofr eal i z at i onort hemedi t at i onv i ew, wehav eabi gr i s kofwas t i ngourl i f e.Thes epr ac t i c eshav egr eatqual i t yandar ei mpor t ant . Wi t houtZhi ne,ourpr ac t i c ewi l l notbeass t abl eorc l ear .Butal one,Zhi newi l l notawak ent hedeep r eal i z at i onsr equi r edf orat t ai ni ngenl i ght enment . Ther ear ev ar i ouss t at esofz hi ne,andateac hl ev el ,wemayex per i enc epl eas ur abl ef eel i ngsof peac e,c omf or tandj oy–bot hphy s i c al l yandment al l y . Ther ear emanygoodqual i t i es ,s oi ti seas y t ogetc onf us ed,t hi nk i ngwear ei nt heDz ogc henv i ew,t hegr eatNat ur al St at e ofMi nd.Butt he ex per i enc eofs pac eoropennes si snotnec es s ar i l yempt i nes s . Manypr ac t i t i oner ss eem s at i s f i ed bys i mpl yex per i enc i ngav as tf i el dofopennes s .I ft heyar en’ tc ar ef ul ,t heymays pendt hei rwhol e l i f epr ac t i c i ngt hat . Thet ex t sc l ear l ywar naboutt hi s . Whi l eZhi nec anl eadt oaj oy f ul ex per i enc e,i twi l l notl eadt ot he f ul l wi s dom ofr eal i z at i on–t hewi s dom t hatc ut st her oofofs uf f er i ng.Onc ewehav eagoods t abl e ex per i enc eofZhi ne,weus et hats t abi l i t yf orourot hermedi t at i ons ,whet hert heybewi t ht hev i ewof Dho,NgogorDz ogc hen. Ex c er ptf r om Lat r i Ny i maDak paRi npoc he’ sbookKhy ungMar
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