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• A good meditation practice is any one that develops awareness or mindfulness of our body and our senses, of our mind and heart. It does not really matter which kind you choose. What is more important is that after you choose a form of meditation you stay with it, and practice it regularly.
• So pick a type of meditation that appeals to you and practice it. Work with it every day, and work with a teacher if you can, or find circumstances where you can sit together with other people. In the process of practicing regularly, you will begin to develop your capacity to open to the present moment. You will begin to develop patience and compas...
• Vipassana (a Pali word meaning “to see things as they really are”) is the most widely practiced form of meditation in southeast Asia and is central to all Buddhist traditions.
• To begin to meditate is to look into our lives with interest and kindness and discover how to be wakeful and free.
• To meditate is to discover new possibilities, to awaken the capacity that each of us has to live more wisely, more lovingly, more compassionately, and more fully.