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22 January 2554
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Meditation
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Meditation for beginners
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">Daily activities and the mind should go together
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By Luang Phaw Dhammajayo
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In order to achieve the benefits of meditation, you must
practise meditation on a daily basis. You cannot miss even for a day. It should
be done on a daily basis without excuses, even though you may be tired from
work. You should set aside some time just for meditation in order to become
familiar with the Middle Way. Business and the mind should go hand in hand. A
business is used in the search for money to help nourish your life, and the
mind is used to search for peace of mind in order to get rid of unhappiness.
">Now that you know this, you must know how to manage your
time. You should train your mind to be focused while you are sitting, sleeping,
standing and walking.
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Try to settle your mind in the middle of your abdomen, in
the middle way, by using either the shining sun or the clear crystal ball as an
object of focus. Do this on a daily basis and make it a habit just like when
you wake up in the morning. You take a shower, wash your face, brush your
teeth, and perform your daily activities without someone having to remind you.
We do these things on a daily basis not because someone compels us to, but
rather because they are necessities in life. This is in the same way that
meditation is a necessity for your mind. You automatically perform activities
that are important for your body on a daily basis. Likewise, you should be
doing what is important for your mind on a daily basis as well. The more you
practise, the better you will be, and it will become second nature to you. This
is similar to when you breathe while eating, scratching while moving your leg
or watching while listening. Thereforce, moving and being still can go
together. Your career and your mind must work together. Internal and external
life of the body should be allocated 50 percent each. A balanced and complete
life should add up to 100 percent. If you can lead your life like this, then
your life will be complete. You can work while your mind is still; and you can
talk, look or listen while your mind is still. You should train your mind to be still even though you were
not trained to do so since childhood.
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Instead, you were trained to not be
still, to always think and search for
people, animals or things. It may be difficult at first to be still, since you
are so used to not being still. However, your should not give up.
Keep practicing every day and night and incorporate it into
every activity that you do whether it is working for a living, studying or
taking care of your family.
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