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**VarenHokalos** · 07-02-2012, 07:36 AM

Though I think it is good to have some strength in terms of being mindful on whatever it is that we use as our meditation object, sometimes a bit of a breakthrough early on is to even recognize when we are being mindful and when we are not. I think a lot of times we confuse these 2 things during our practice.

Whatever the focus of our meditation is, we should simply return gently to it once our mind has wandered and we should not conceptualize our object of meditation but rather use it as an anchor for the mind. Sometimes the technique itself can be a distraction to meditation.

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07-02-2012, 07:36 AM	#12
VarenHokalos Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 356 Senior Member	Though I think it is good to have some strength in terms of being mindful on whatever it is that we use as our meditation object, sometimes a bit of a breakthrough early on is to even recognize when we are being mindful and when we are not. I think a lot of times we confuse these 2 things during our practice. Whatever the focus of our meditation is, we should simply return gently to it once our mind has wandered and we should not conceptualize our object of meditation but rather use it as an anchor for the mind. Sometimes the technique itself can be a distraction to meditation. Terma
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