My inside, listen to me,
the greatest spirit,
the Teacher, is near,
wake up, wake up!
Run to his feet -
he is standing close to your head right now.
You have slept for millions and millions of years.
Why not wake up this morning?
(Kabir)
Keeping It Simple
If you do decide to start meditating, there's no need to
tell other people about it, or talk about why you are
doing it or what it's doing for you. In fact, there is no
better way to waste your nascent energy and
enthusiasm for practice and thwart your efforts so
they will be unable to gather momentum. Best to
meditate without advertising it.
Every time you get a strong impulse to talk about
meditation and how wonderful it is, or how hard it is,
or what it's doing for you these days, or what it's not,