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with a concentration exercise. The mind is so used to grabbing objects of cognition that it carries this conditioning into meditation.The cure for excitement is to calm and relax each distraction as soon as it arises.Kind of like the world is throwing baseballs (thoughts) at you from all directions, and you have to catch and drop all of them at all times (relax the mind and return to the focus). Or else you get hit and disturbed!Slightly more experienced meditators get a mind that sinks– that means a “treat” is needed to keep the monkey within interested. But of course it can’t be too tasty, or it will get excited!The cure for laxity is increased energy: a renewed interest in the practice, on the basis of joy. But you likely can’t fake it.So if it can’t be ordinary stimulation or contrived interest, what is it?A pleasure that we’re not used to! There are forms of happiness that we can’t even imagine are available to us, because our minds are too coarse for them.<ul><li>Subtle bliss, in the clarity & clear seeing of grounded mindfulness.</li><li>The happiness in controlled, energized stillness.</li><li>Pure and

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sheer being, as opposed to stressed, worried doing.</li></ul><h1 id="fead">But then you return to life…</h1>And you bring a shocking realization into it: proof that our minds are totally uncivilized (without re-wiring them using meditation).<ul><li>They jump for outside fruit to catch, and ignore the sweet nectar of unconditioned awareness within.</li><li>They complain and depress, forgetting that within is a source of bliss and upliftment that is free and constant.</li></ul>Your mind is weak and ill, even without any apparent mental illness. And unless you treat it, one day it might fall seriously sick!So sit and re-configure your mind’s behaviour of grasping and sinking. Even if it’s six minutes per morning (the minimum to enact serious benefit, according to Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche).The changes will make it obvious why such training is essential.And only then will you have embodied, solid reason embedded in your subconscious to actually stick to the practice until it’s a habit.Otherwise, you’ll keep forgetting you need to brush your teeth — the ones in your mind that digest all your stimulation properly.</article></body>

This Eye-Opening Condition For Mental Happiness Only Reveals Itself After Trying Serious Meditation

Reading about it hardly helps, so here’s how to discover it

When you sit down to do something as simple as watch the breath or relax the mind, after a while, one of two extremes is reached.

The mind sinks: sleepiness, laziness, or boredom hijack your intention.
The mind excites: thoughts pop up, memories surface, or planning for the future begins.

It’s nothing out of the ordinary.

But training in the Buddhist practice of calm-abiding meditation, which seeks to remove these imbalances for the rest of your lifetime, can reveal a startling truth.

You only see it if you try out the antidotes to mental imbalance

Beginning meditators get an avalanche of thoughts when they try taming their minds with a concentration exercise. The mind is so used to grabbing objects of cognition that it carries this conditioning into meditation.

The cure for excitement is to calm and relax each distraction as soon as it arises.

Kind of like the world is throwing baseballs (thoughts) at you from all directions, and you have to catch and drop all of them at all times (relax the mind and return to the focus). Or else you get hit and disturbed!

Slightly more experienced meditators get a mind that sinks– that means a “treat” is needed to keep the monkey within interested. But of course it can’t be too tasty, or it will get excited!

The cure for laxity is increased energy: a renewed interest in the practice, on the basis of joy. But you likely can’t fake it.

So if it can’t be ordinary stimulation or contrived interest, what is it?

A pleasure that we’re not used to! There are forms of happiness that we can’t even imagine are available to us, because our minds are too coarse for them.

Subtle bliss, in the clarity & clear seeing of grounded mindfulness.
The happiness in controlled, energized stillness.
Pure and sheer being, as opposed to stressed, worried doing.

But then you return to life…

And you bring a shocking realization into it: proof that our minds are totally uncivilized (without re-wiring them using meditation).

They jump for outside fruit to catch, and ignore the sweet nectar of unconditioned awareness within.
They complain and depress, forgetting that within is a source of bliss and upliftment that is free and constant.

Your mind is weak and ill, even without any apparent mental illness. And unless you treat it, one day it might fall seriously sick!

So sit and re-configure your mind’s behaviour of grasping and sinking. Even if it’s six minutes per morning (the minimum to enact serious benefit, according to Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche).

The changes will make it obvious why such training is essential.

And only then will you have embodied, solid reason embedded in your subconscious to actually stick to the practice until it’s a habit.

Otherwise, you’ll keep forgetting you need to brush your teeth — the ones in your mind that digest all your stimulation properly.