“Just as there’s usually a space or interval between people passing on the street, even if it sometimes seems very small, a space also exists between thoughts. In your meditation, see if you can perceive this gap between thoughts. What is it, and does it belong to the realm of time? If it does not, then it’s unborn and undying, beyond all conditioning, which is a psychological carry-over from the past to the present. Whatever thoughts or internal conflicts come up—do nothing. Do not try to force them to cease or change. And don’t “do nothing” to still the mind, quiet fears, or resolve conflicts—all of this is doing something. It only leads to more struggling and prevents you from seeing the actual nature of thought and internal conflict. Genuine attention has no motive. This observation or listening doesn’t involve effort. Effort merely distracts you from what’s taking place in the instant. A kind of concentration exists that’s not forced. We’ve all experienced listening or paying attention to something we truly enjoyed. At that moment, was effort required for concentration to take place?”
Quote by H.E. Davey
Work
Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation
Browse quotes and source details for this work. more
Author
You May Also Like
“Omul care nu se gândeste sau nu prevede lucrurile îndepartate are necazuri aproape”
Source: Lun Yu-The Analects
Source: Jude the Obscure
“If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future.”
Source: A Lion Among Men
Source: Taking Care of Business
Source: Change to Chains-The 6,000 Year Quest for Control -Volume I-Rise of the Republic
“I struggled to think pure thoughts, as Hector sucked out my psyche with his eyes.”
Source: House of the Tiger King : The Quest for a Lost City