The real point of meditation is to rest in bare awareness whether anything occurs or not. Whatever comes up for you, just be open and present to it, and let it go. And if nothing occurs, or if thoughts and so on vanish before you can notice them, just rest in that natural clarity.
Mingyur Rinpoche
from the book The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
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- Just observe it
- Nothing more than the natural function of the mind
- Trying to do your best
- Meditation on compassion
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- Being diligent
- Your mind just as it is
- What Buddhists mean by happiness
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- Neither rejecting nor accepting
- Importance of the motivation
- Recognizing the inherent potential of your mind
- Essentially good
- An experience of absolute well-being
- The need to look at the mind
- Never disturbed
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