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**jokilewqs** · 12-15-2011, 10:18 PM

You should set the purpose first. What is your purpose to do the meditation? If you just do it without purpose, you would not know what to do, where to go, which is the right way. It is something like you sail your boat to the ocean without your targeted place, how could you know which is the right way? So, the purpose is important.

The meditation can be done for two purposes, i.e. (a) development of mindfulness, i.e. to make your mind peaceful, clam and happy, and (b) development on awareness (Sati) in order to create wisdom, i.e. knowing the truth of your body and mind.

If you intend to do for purpose (a), the key is ‘happiness’. If you are happy on doing anything, you will be able to concentrate doing it with boring regardless how long the time pass. For example, if you like reading a favorite book, during reading it you will not feel boring for reading and you can read it for many hours continuously.

If you intend to do for (b) purpose, you have to separate aggregates, e.g. body and mind. Your body sit and breath-in and breath-out, your mind is aware of your body. Your mind is not your body, and your body is not your mind. If your body moves, your mind is aware of its movement. If your body feel painful, such feeling is not your body and not your mind. If you feel muddled, such feeling is not your body and not your mind. By doing this, you will see that your body has to move all the times, be suffered and not-self. Your mind changes all the times, be suffered, and not-self.

For (b) purpose, it does not matter whether or not your mind is peaceful. Because the (b) purpose is not to adjust it to be peaceful. The (b) purpose is to know the truth of its conditions, so we have to let it be as it is. If we make it peaceful or decorate it, we will not be able to see the truth.

Moreover, the length of period of doing is not the most important. The quality of your doing during such time us more important than the length of period of doing. If the length of period is the most important, the one who spent most time will have to achieve the goal. But it is not the case in real life. The quality of doing is more important. So you need to study, understand and have clear purpose and correct way before you sail to the ocean.

12-15-2011, 10:18 PM	#12
jokilewqs Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 521 Senior Member	You should set the purpose first. What is your purpose to do the meditation? If you just do it without purpose, you would not know what to do, where to go, which is the right way. It is something like you sail your boat to the ocean without your targeted place, how could you know which is the right way? So, the purpose is important. The meditation can be done for two purposes, i.e. (a) development of mindfulness, i.e. to make your mind peaceful, clam and happy, and (b) development on awareness (Sati) in order to create wisdom, i.e. knowing the truth of your body and mind. If you intend to do for purpose (a), the key is ‘happiness’. If you are happy on doing anything, you will be able to concentrate doing it with boring regardless how long the time pass. For example, if you like reading a favorite book, during reading it you will not feel boring for reading and you can read it for many hours continuously. If you intend to do for (b) purpose, you have to separate aggregates, e.g. body and mind. Your body sit and breath-in and breath-out, your mind is aware of your body. Your mind is not your body, and your body is not your mind. If your body moves, your mind is aware of its movement. If your body feel painful, such feeling is not your body and not your mind. If you feel muddled, such feeling is not your body and not your mind. By doing this, you will see that your body has to move all the times, be suffered and not-self. Your mind changes all the times, be suffered, and not-self. For (b) purpose, it does not matter whether or not your mind is peaceful. Because the (b) purpose is not to adjust it to be peaceful. The (b) purpose is to know the truth of its conditions, so we have to let it be as it is. If we make it peaceful or decorate it, we will not be able to see the truth. Moreover, the length of period of doing is not the most important. The quality of your doing during such time us more important than the length of period of doing. If the length of period is the most important, the one who spent most time will have to achieve the goal. But it is not the case in real life. The quality of doing is more important. So you need to study, understand and have clear purpose and correct way before you sail to the ocean.
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