Discipline doesn’t mean forcing the mind to do something it can’t, but rather a firm, intentional resolve to let go of an object that’s captured your attention and return to the breath.

We all come to practice with questions, perhaps the most basic of which is “Why am I suffering?” We also come to practice with our private answers to that question, answers that involve blaming ourselves or others, or which catch us in endless cycles of hope and disappointment. These answers lie buried within our minds as grim unconscious beliefs,