"You've probably experienced something similar after finishing a long and difficult job, whether it involved physical labor or the type of mental effort involved in writing a report or completing some sort of financial analysis. When you finish the job, your mind and body naturally come to rest in a state of happy exhaustion. This perfectly effortless state of relaxation is what is meant by natural peace." ...
"First, assume a position in which your spine is straight, and you body is relaxed. Once your body is positioned comfortably, allow your mind to simply rest for three minutes or so. Just let your mind go, as though you just have finished ad long and difficult task.
Whatever happens, whether thoughts or emotions occur, whether you notice some physical discomfort, whether you are aware of sounds or smells around you, or you mind is a total blank, don't worry. Anything that happens or ─doesn't happen─ is simply part of the experience of allowing you mind to rest.
So now, just ret inn the awareness of whatever is passing through you mind ...
Just rest ...
Just rest ..."
"Let me confide in you a big secret. Whatever you experience when you simply rest your attention on whatever's going on in your mind at any moment is meditation. Simply resting in this way is the experience of natural mind." ...
"In fact, experiencing natural peace is easier than drinking water. In order to drink, you have to expend effort. You have to reach for the glass, tip the glass so that the water pours into your mouth, swallow the water, and then put the glass down. No such effort is required to experience natural peace. All you have to do is rest your mind in its natural openness. No special focus, no special effort is required."
- Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, "The Joy of Living," 2007, pp. 55-58
So, I relax, breathe gently and easily, stand up straight, unloosen myself from thinking and judging, settle down into ease, rest the mind, and begin a slow and easy Taiji form ... one path to "natural peace."
Relaxation, Sung, Fang Song, Rest, Ease
Tai Chi Chuan
Buddhism
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