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Question for March 16, 2014: Scattered Attention
Medivate — 13 years ago — in Question of the Week
Do you ever find that you attention has scattered while meditating? How do you deal with that?

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Formlessness — 13 years ago — permalink
The mind is like the wind. It goes this way and that. Wind is just the movement of air, but the air is everywhere. Your awareness is present in every thought and experience. Become aware of the awareness behind the thought, and the winds will calm.

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capemaggie — 13 years ago — permalink
thank you for that insight.