The Observer
August, 2003
Sometimes meditation is easy; sometimes it’s hard. But whether it’s easy or hard, we have to keep our minds on an even keel. When it gets easy, don’t get complacent. If you get complacent, things start loosening up, like screws loosening up in your car. After a while things begin to rattle and then they fall off. At the same time when things don’t go well, don’t get upset. Rule number one in either case is to keep the mind on an even keel. Have a strong sense of the observer, the part of the mind that’s simply watching what’s going on, and identify as much as you can with that.