11-30-2018, 01:21 PM
Meditation is supposed to feel like exactly what it does feel like. If it feels uncomfortable, then it's supposed to be like that. If it's exhilarating, then it's supposed to be like that.
The point is that meditation really isn't an activity per se, but more of a way of refraining from activity so you can notice basic things like what's actually happening, what you're actually feeling, etc. without using thinking to muddy it up, resolve it, wrestle with it, mutate it, etc. The more you see your experience as it actually is, rather than as a backdrop for the projection of your issues, the more you can notice your thinking and decide if those are the thoughts you want to have.
As Pema Chödrön says, we don't meditate to become good meditators. We meditate to become more awake in our lives. So the "goal" is something that you can't properly conceive of. If you could, you'd already be addressing it. Instead, meditation is designed to afford you the ability to address it.
The point is that meditation really isn't an activity per se, but more of a way of refraining from activity so you can notice basic things like what's actually happening, what you're actually feeling, etc. without using thinking to muddy it up, resolve it, wrestle with it, mutate it, etc. The more you see your experience as it actually is, rather than as a backdrop for the projection of your issues, the more you can notice your thinking and decide if those are the thoughts you want to have.
As Pema Chödrön says, we don't meditate to become good meditators. We meditate to become more awake in our lives. So the "goal" is something that you can't properly conceive of. If you could, you'd already be addressing it. Instead, meditation is designed to afford you the ability to address it.
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