Week 7: 2 Key Ingredients to Your Success
What is important to physicists is also important to meditators. When physicists were asked what is important for them when they approach problems in physics, they cited two factors:
--First, there must be confidence that the problem itself is worthy of their effort and investigation. The problem is VERY important.
--Second, there must be confidence that there is a solution to the problem--that it can be overcome.
These two factors relate directly to our meditation practice. First, we must have confidence that the challenge of daily, committed practice is worthy of our effort and investigation. Once we discover that meditation requires daily practice, it is too easy to say, "Oh, meditation is good, but I do not have the time."
Secondly, we must have the confidence that we can overcome the problems that confront us as we strive to maintain our daily practice. Once we begin to practice and we begin to realize how little we know, we may begin to doubt or rethink our effort and say,"This is too much..this takes too long."
Thanissaro Bikkhua gives an enlightening dharma discussion on this subject. To hear the entire talk, follow this link, The Physicist's Approach, by Thanissaro Bikkhua (07/19/2004).
--First, there must be confidence that the problem itself is worthy of their effort and investigation. The problem is VERY important.
--Second, there must be confidence that there is a solution to the problem--that it can be overcome.
These two factors relate directly to our meditation practice. First, we must have confidence that the challenge of daily, committed practice is worthy of our effort and investigation. Once we discover that meditation requires daily practice, it is too easy to say, "Oh, meditation is good, but I do not have the time."
Secondly, we must have the confidence that we can overcome the problems that confront us as we strive to maintain our daily practice. Once we begin to practice and we begin to realize how little we know, we may begin to doubt or rethink our effort and say,"This is too much..this takes too long."
Thanissaro Bikkhua gives an enlightening dharma discussion on this subject. To hear the entire talk, follow this link, The Physicist's Approach, by Thanissaro Bikkhua (07/19/2004).
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