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“True meditation is the absence of the mind seeking enlightenment.”
Kaizen Zenji
According to Patanjali and his Yoga Sutras… meditation is the inhibition of the modifications
of the mind. This is a philosophical way of saying that meditation begins where the mind
ends. It is the stillness of the mind that is the gateway to true meditative experience.
Meditation is really just the experience of being. It is consciousness turning its awareness
back upon itself and being aware of its being… moment by moment. It is a witnessing consciousness
watching itself. The thinking mind then is a distraction. If you are thinking… you
are thinking and not meditating. All thinking is distraction and fragments consciousness.
Thinking about enlightenment is the same as any kind of thinking… it makes no difference.
Rather… relinquish thinking and simply be aware of being. Again… a witnessing consciousness
simply watches itself being.
This week… as you sit for meditation… remind yourself and set the intention to simply
be aware of yourself being. Cultivate the wakeful awareness of a witnessing consciousness
simply watching itself… moment by moment. Always remember… the undistracted awareness
of being is true meditation.