If we try to practice meditation without the foundation of goodwill to ourselves and others, it is like trying to row across a river without first untying the boat; our efforts, no matter how strenuous, will not bear fruit. We need to practice and refine our ability to live honestly and with integrity.

Joseph Goldstein

from the book Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom

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• Just sitting and watching
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• Like a cloud passing through the sky
• Being with it fully
• Purpose of practice
• The meditative journey
• Awareness of thoughts
• Seeing impermanence deeply
• Becoming aware of suffering
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