Attribution

Important note: All the posts on this blog were written by Bob Harwood (AKA 'zendancer') on the forum spiritualteachers.proboards.com. I have merely reposted a collection of them in blog format for the convenience of seekers. Some very small mods were made on occasion to make posts readable outside of the forum setting they were made in.

When we first begin ATA or AM (attending mind)

..the mind goes crazier than ever. FWIW it took years before this mind quieted down. I've known intellectuals who meditated two years and reported that their minds never slowed down for one instant and there was never a moment of mental silence. I doubt that was true, but I don't doubt that they were unable to perceive the changes that were happening. Just remember that most people spend almost all of their time thinking. That's a tough habit to break, but ironically, there is no one to whom that habit belongs, there is no one maintaining it, and there is no one trying to break it. It only appears that way. Part of the mystery is that oneness, as manifested by your body/mind, has lost interest in staying lost in the mind, has become curious about what lies beyond the mind, and has begun watching the mind's shenanigans.

Hang in there. As the mind loses its grip, so to speak, confirmatory experiences and realizations will occur.