Ignorance May Be Bliss, But It Does

Discipline Is A Difficult Word For Most Of Us. It Conjures Up Images Of Somebody Standing Over You With A Stick, Telling You That You're Wrong. But Self-discipline Is Different. It's The Skill Of Seeing Through The Hollow Shouting Of Your Own Impulses And Piercing Their Secret.

The You That Goes In One Side Of The Meditation Experience Is Not The Same You That Comes Out The Other Side.

Let Come What Comes, And Accommodate Yourself To That, Whatever It Is. If Good Mental Images Arise, That Is Fine. If Bad Mental Images Arise, That Is Fine, Too. Look On All Of It As Equal, And Make Yourself Comfortable With Whatever Happens.

You Can't Ever Get Everything You Want. It Is Impossible. Luckily, There Is Another Option: You Can Learn To Control Your Mind, To Step Outside Of The Endless Cycle Of Desire And Aversion.

Vipassana: Looking Into Something With Clarity And Precision, Seeing Each Component As Distinct, Piercing All The Way Through So As To Perceive The Most Fundamental Reality Of That Thing.