Why I Meditate

But you can meditate for insight, if not into the no-self view, into the value of the atelic.

It’s really very simple, but it’s hard for us to keep it simple, to let it stay simple. We complicate it by being preoccupied with the content of our thoughts rather than simply letting thoughts float through our mind like clouds through the sky. So much of what’s involved in meditation instruction is a matter of finding ways to keep it simple. Eve

Instead of trying to free myself by constantly quieting the mind, perhaps I should be asking why the mind is so active. What is the motivation behind all the mental chatter? If that motivation were to be removed, the struggle would be over.

experience, a related second question we can ask is: From the huge variety and totality of moments of sense impressions today or in a certain situation, why is this phenomenon fixated upon and not something else? Correspondingly,