Meditation allow life to play itself just as it is.
Sometimes life plays itself is unpleasantness. Why would I want to stay with unpleasantness.
We naturally have a tendency to pull back the unpleasantness.
What happens when we are continually pulling back from unpleasantness?
What happens when we're fearful resisting?
The first is that we get tired because it takes energy to resist what's there
Another outcome it create more unpleasantness. Birthing women. Do not contract against because it creates more tension.
Pain x Resistance = suffering
Unpleasantness x Mindfulness = Grounds of Freedom。
When an Indian teacher was asked why he meditated. His response was,"So that when I walk from here to the village each day, I notice the tiny purple flowers by the side of the road."
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