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mindfulness, naturalness

The Dhamma of the Buddha is not found in books. If you want to really see for yourself what the Buddha was talking about, you don't need to bother with books. Watch your own mind. Examine to see how feelings come and go, how thoughts come and go. Don't be attached to anything. Just be mindful of whatever there is to see. This is the way to the truths of the Buddha. Be natural. Everything you do in your life here is a chance to practice. It is all Dhamma. When you do your chores, try to be mindful. If you are emptying a spittoon or cleaning a toilet, don't feel you are doing it as a favor for anyone else. There is Dhamma in emptying spittoons. Don't feel you are practicing only when sitting still, cross-legged. Some of you have complained that there is not enough time to meditate. Is there enough time to breathe? This is your meditation: mindfulness, naturalness in whatever you do.

--Ajahn Cha

Nice. It feels so good to let everything go and to let it unfold so easily on its own, without trying to impose too much of our own will and ideas on it. There's a mini-practice in doing that with the most mundane of our own thoughts and actions throughout the day. For me, as usual, the most common area of practice in this regard is with eating. Earlier today, I found myself in the kitchen again, mindlessly pulling food out of the fridge to eat, even though I knew I wasn't really hungry. I became mindful of the few crackers with cheese I ate only after eating them, but instead of admonishing myself for having eaten them, I just put the food away quietly and left the kitchen. It's so important not to be hard on yourself when you slip a bit. The slipping is more natural than the not.