“Your mind does not need that kind of puññā. Your mind
right now needs peace, samādhi and paññā (wisdom).”
Sometimes your mind is too slow so you have to push
it, and sometimes it goes too fast and you have to pull it back. The Buddha
said you have to stay in the middle path, just like the string of a lute. If
you tighten it too tight, it can break, but if you don't string it tight
enough, you cannot play it to make a sound. So you always have to watch your
mind, to always be in equanimity.
Try to be in the neutral position. Try to calm your
mind, so it remains calm and mindful. Don't let your thoughts fool you
sometimes. At times you may think too much and want to do what your thoughts
tell you to do. But you have to accept reality that you are not in that
position to do that yet. You have to go step by step. So fundamentally, you
have to maintain mindfulness and be aware of what you are thinking. Better
still is to not let your mind think at all. If you want to think, bring it back
to Buddho, or investigate the body by going through the 32 parts of the body.
Try not to let your mind wander in discursive thinking,
thinking about this or that and so forth. If you want to think, then think
about the Dhamma, think about the 32 parts and repulsiveness of the body.
Otherwise let it be blank and not think about anything. That will be good.
Concentrate on your breathing or what you are doing. Be mindful of the movement
of your body.
Try to be strict with yourself. For instance, if you
know you have to do a certain thing at a particular time, then do it. Suppose
at this particular time you have to sit, then sit, and if you have to walk,
then walk. Do not give in to excuses for not doing it, because it will become a
habit. You will then keep on excusing yourself and do something else instead.
As soon as you move away from your practice, you are regressing. You are going
backward and not forward.
Sometimes your kilesas tell you that you are doing
puññā or making merit by helping other people, but it is not enough for your
mind. Your mind does not need that kind of puññā. Your mind right now needs
peace, samādhi and paññā (wisdom).
By Ajaan Suchart Abhijāto
www.phrasuchart.com
Youtube: Dhamma in English
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_BnRZmNgECsJGS31F495g
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