In Alignment
December 24, 2014
Ajaan Lee used to say that when you sit up straight in meditation—not leaning to the left or the right, forward or backward—you want to make that a symbol for your mind. The mind is sitting up straight, too. It’s not leaning forward toward the future, back toward the past, left to things you like, right to things you don’t like. So try to get your mind in alignment here with your body. Your body’s sitting right here; you want your mind to sit right here, too. Don’t go running off. And try keep everything balanced. Keep the breath balanced. Experiment a bit to see what feels just right.