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In my opinion suffering is a matter of perception; how we identify things is how we will approach
those things. The key is to get on a level keel in your mind, and that includes developing a lifestyle
that will support such and endeavor.
Clear your mind by replacing whatever is there with the presence of pure spirit. Nurture the serenity
that you feel in meditation and attempt to keep that serenity with you throughout the day.
Meditation is not the techniques that we do rather meditation is the experience that we get from
doing the techniques. The techniques are secondary, the experience is primary. Hold on to the experience.
The human mind wants to be heard, and it has convinced lots of people to stop doing meditation. The mind
is mostly reactive. Like and animal trainer we have to train our mind, and keep it silent most of the time,
only using it when we need it. The human mind is a wonderful tool when we learn how to use it.
Thoughts are energy, the same energy which we experience in meditation; the only difference is that it
has been transformed by us, constructed into thought forms, pictures and words within our head.
The mind sucks up information like a sponge while the heart flows like a river, some people do prefer
sucking to flowing. There is no right or wrong in this, there is just what we want to experience.
We let our mind run wild for years, and then we learn meditation; still we allow our mind to run free
for 23-hours daily and then sit for 1-hour to do meditation. That can be reversed; let your mind
run wild for a couple of hours daily and be in that meditation experience for 22 or 23 hours daily,
or as long as you can. It can be difficult to stop our mind when it has been running free most of the day.
With practice you will be able to remain in that inner silence for longer and longer periods of time.
Mother Teresa worked with the poorest of the poor in India, she saw a lot of suffering. Now I don’t
know if she did meditation or not, she had a lot of compassion, and it did not appear as though she
was suffering.
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