A Meditation About Why You Don't Always Want What You Want

Finding a posture that supports your practice that is both upright and also relaxed.

Taking a few breaths to center yourself,

Calm the mind,

Calm the body,

Or if that's not what's happening in the mind or the body,

Just to see what is happening,

Make your peace with it for this moment,

Letting go of the words,

Choosing your anchor,

Your refuge.

Is it the breath,

The body,

The sound in your environment?

Inviting the attention to that refuge,

The breath,

The body,

Sound,

And resting and noticing if this quality of grasping is present even in meditation,

I know for me it is quite a lot of inviting the mind to the object or the refuge of,

For me,

Usually the breath,

And then that's very pleasant,

And then wanting it to stay that way,

And then noticing the mind wanders,

And then wanting it to come back,

Wanting it to stay in that peaceful,

Steady way of being,

Even though it's wandering off and coming back,

Wandering off and coming back.

So just noticing if the object lesson of this bigger teaching is right here for you.