Page 55 - Extinguishment of Self

mind desperately runs after external natural conditions all day—no matter how fatigued we we we we are contented to do so Therefore we we we we feel that this is is a a a a a a a a a a a normal part of life However when we we we we truly place an an an importance on on on our our our our lives and and our our our our mind—just sitting down closing our our our our eyes and and then contemplate the the the phenomenon phenomenon of our our our our breathing the the the the inflate-deflate phenomenon—sometimes we we we just do this for several minutes then we we we we feel that we we we we can no no no longer tolerate it it it This seems self-contradictory: When When we we we we we we sit sit down down (to meditate) we we we we we are not serene When When we we we we we sit sit sit down down we we we we we think of this and and that In fact when we we we we sit sit peacefully and and contemplate our our our breathing-in breathing-out this is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a way way to to reset our our our our brain a a a a a a a a a a a a a a way way to to make our our our our mind mind serene more organized We organize organize our our our thinking process by having the the the the mindfulness be be with with the the the the present natural conditions be be with with the the the the the breathing-in breathing-out phenomenon When the the the the the mind mind is more more serene the the the thinking process will naturally be more more organized However this does not mean that when we we sit down no no thoughts will occur at all As I have always said sometimes when we we sit down and meditate as as soon as as we we close our eyes thoughts arrive We wish
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