spirituality

meditation is the act of releasing all effort

It’s fascinating how asking oneself release all effort can be so challenging

But it is important to remember that to be present here and now you are removing effort, and it’s replaced with awareness inherently

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a pith instruction given to David Nichtern by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche was something like:

‘Don’t relax when things are going well, and don’t panic when things are going badly.’

There’s a level of wakefulness that is useful in according to a kind of precision that allows one to meet the moment with intention, but indeed, letting go often includes a releasing of the tension of effort. 

Nice to meet you, I’m practicing too!  

And thanks for sharing 🙏