Mindfulness Meditation (For Everyday Life)

to nose with pain, confusion, and loss, if that is what
is dominating the present moment, and to stay with
the observing over a sustained period of time, beyond
thinking. You seek understanding simply through
bearing the situation in mind, along with your breath,
as you maintain the sitting posture.
In the Zen tradition, one teacher (Shunru Suzuki
Roshi) put it this way: "The state of mind that exists
when you sit in the right posture is itself
enlightenment. ... These forms [sitting meditation] are
not the means of obtaining the right state of mind. To
take this posture is itself the right state of mind." In
the sitting meditation, you are already touching your
own truest nature.
So, when we practice sitting meditation, first and
foremost it means sitting in such a way that your body
affirms, radiates, broadcasts an attitude of presence,
that you are committed to acknowledging and
accepting whatever comes up in any moment. This
orientation is one of non-attachment and unwavering
stability, like a clear mirror, only reflecting, itself
empty, receptive, open. This attitude is contained in
the posture, in the very way you choose to sit. The
posture embodies the attitude.
This is why many people find the image of a
mountain helpful in deepening concentration and