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Dr. Thynn: When you speak of meditation, you may think of the type of meditation that is popular these days, the sitting form of meditation. But that form is merely an aid, a support to develop a mental discipline of mindfulness and equanimity. The form should not be mistaken for the path.
......The popular notion is that you need to set aside a special time or place to meditate. In actuality, if meditation is to help you acquire peace of mind as you function in your daily life, then it must be a dynamic activity, part and parcel of your daily experience. Meditation is here and now, moment-to-moment, amid the ups and downs of life, amid conflicts, disappointments and heartaches " amid success and stress. If you want to understand and resolve anger, desires, and attachments and all the myriad emotions and conflicts, need you go somewhere else to find the solution?
......If your house is on fire, you wouldn't go somewhere else to put out the fire, would you?
......If you really want to understand your mind, you must watch it while it is angry, while it desires, while it is in conflict. You must pay attention to the mind as the one-thousand-and-one thoughts and emotions rise and fall.
to purify one,s mind ... this is the
Teachings of the Buddhas.
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