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HOW TO MEDITATE<\/h3>\n

Letting Go Of Expectations, part 2<\/h2>\n

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A common tendency<\/h3>\n

The unconscious desire to create constancy is a very human trait. At the beginning of any endeavor, we instinctively create a standard for ourselves, checking and calculating as we go along in an attempt to match it. For example, let\u2019s say you\u2019ve resolved to start bringing your lunch to work, instead of buying take-out on your break. For the first few weeks, you feel pretty good about the homemade sandwiches you\u2019re bringing, so wholesome and tasty, and cheaper too. Then one day you bring one that misses delicious by a mile \u2014 soggy on one side, burnt on the other. Ugh, tomorrow you\u2019ll get back on track! But the next day, you end up buying some greasy and overpriced takeout on your break. Now you feel regret, you feel annoyed with yourself. Everybody does this. We get aspirational, aim to be consistent, and then feel lousy when we diverge from our self-created goal.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t stop being<\/h3>\n

When we have committed to the path of meditation, we tend to impose this desire for consistency on that, too, so should we experience any sort of dip in our meditation practice, we feel uncomfortable, dissatisfied, insecure \u2014 all those bugaboos start vying for our attention. But this habit of seeking consistency really has no place in a meditation practice. Try to free yourself from any expectation that anything about your practice is going to remain perfectly steady, or that you\u2019ll be able to replicate any experiences you might have. Just be.<\/p>\n

Back to the ocean<\/h3>\n

In just being, you can\u2019t accidentally mess your meditation up, or escape from it, or sabotage it. Even if you try to annihilate it, if you\u2019re just being, you\u2019ll only enter meditation even more profoundly. So let go, and whatever comes up, let it be. Whether it\u2019s good or bad, whether you\u2019re feeling happy or unhappy, it\u2019s all happening within awareness. Everything is a manifestation of awareness. All experiences are the waves in that ocean of awareness.<\/p>\n

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“The simple awareness that is the essence of natural mind is too close to recognize. It’s there when we wake up in the morning, wherever we go throughout the day, when we eat, and when we get ready to go to bed.”<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text el_class=”autorquotepost”]\u2013 Mingyur Rinpoche \u2013[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row u_row_style=”1″ lms_row_has_bk_offset=”0″ lms_row_bk_columns_offset=”0″ u_row_enrollment_restriction=”0″][vc_column width=”1\/12″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-2 vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″ lms_has_clearfix=”0″ offset=”vc_col-lg-8″][vc_column_text el_class=”icon-tittle-post”]<\/p>\n

More Resources:<\/h2>\n

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Joy of Living Online Training<\/h2>\n

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Theory and practice of meditation, step-by-step.<\/h4>\n

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About the Author<\/h2>\n

By Tergar Meditation Community Team<\/a><\/h3>\n

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