Progress in meditation comes from skilfulness - Part 1

Progress in meditation comes from skilfulness.e mind without effort in meditation becomes dull.Don’t drop the attention. Keep the mind going, being aware of something (preferably citta), don’t stop.Keep seeing how things affect the mind.When things go wrong in meditation or with the retreat in general As Long I. It’s all part of it,this is the cool practice. No tension, check attitude, expectations, lobha. Do not react in practice, or outside it.Keep your mindfulness no matter what the problem. Keep that beauty of the heart.If you want to get a good result in meditation don’t be in a hurry. is ‘being in a hurry’ makes the mind agitated.Sometimes when you enjoy something you are not attached to it. at’s a kind of freedom. Enjoying something without being attached, without being greedy.As long as you are not lost in thought you are meditating, being here and now.Progress in meditation comes from skilfulness.e mind without effort in meditation becomes dull.Don’t drop the attention. Keep the mind going, being aware of something (preferably citta), don’t stop.Keep seeing how things affect the mind.When things go wrong in meditation or with the retreat in general Relax . It’s all part of it, Relax is the cool practice. No tension, check attitude, expectations, lobha. Do not react in practice, or outside it.Keep your mindfulness no matter what the problem. Keep that beauty of the heart.If you want to get a good result in meditation don’t be in a hurry. is ‘being in a hurry’ makes the mind agitated.Sometimes when you enjoy something you are not attached to it. at’s a kind of freedom. Enjoying something without being attached, without being greedy.As long as you are not lost in thought you are meditating, being here and now.Don’t think and run around too much. Save your energy.How is your meditation these days? When you stop thinking, when you even stop labelling, when your mind comes to a complete silence, alert, aware, then you see that fleeting nature, the dream like nature of things.If you cannot be mindful in your daily life you cannot develop understanding of life.Understanding of life and understanding of Dhamma go together.First of all learn to live your daily life mindfully, sanely.Do you understand wholesome and unwholesome states of mind?
From - Contemplation of the Mind