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Meditation matters
A weekly journal and podcast published each Thursday, exploring the many worlds of meditation
513: No Mind (2)
To clear the mind requires concentration. Concentrate exclusively on one thing, such as a black dot on the wall, a candle flame or a flower, or a chanted mantra. The goal is to keep thoughts at bay, by focusing all the mind’s energy elsewhere. Then when thoughts arise, simply keep the mind’s focus away from those thoughts – starve them of attention – remaining fixed in your concentration.
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512: No Mind (1)
We cannot hope to control the thoughts of our mind until we overcome the notion that we are our mind, for we cannot detach ourselves from our own identity.
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511: How can we know whether we are meditating well or not?
We can easily know whether we are meditating well or not just by the way we feel and see and think. Right after our meditation, if we have a good feeling for the world, then we know our meditation was good. If we see the world in a loving way in spite of its imperfections, if we can love the world even while seeing its teeming imperfections, then we know that our meditation was good.
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