Someone confided in me today that they were nervous about coming to meditation because they did not feel advanced enough in their meditation practice. Do you feel the same way? Consider the following questions:
- Can you sit still for 15 minutes with your back straight?
- Can you keep your gaze toward the floor?
- Can you count each breath up to 10 breaths?
If we answer yes to these questions, then we are able to meditate. All we need to do then is bring our anxiousness with us, observe it in our meditation, and return to our breath.
As we move through life this week and feel anxious, nervous, or ill at ease in any way, we are offered perspective in “Shin Jin Mei” (On Believing in Mind) :
The Perfect Way knows no difficulties,
except that it refuses to make preferences;
only when freed from hate and love, It reveals itself fully
and without disguise;
a tenth of an inch’s difference,
and heaven and earth are set apart;
if you wish to see it before your own eyes,
have no fixed thoughts either for or against it.….One in All, All in One-
If only this is realized, no more worry about your not being perfect!
May we move through our week with ease in perfect imperfection!
