A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 56 excerpt)

Story 56 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie
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I meditate mostly in my room, but I always meditate in silence. I remain still. Stillness is both a vehicle to silence and a byproduct of the same. Ajahn Chah referred to doing nondoing as a still forest pond. Stillness is also the antonym of distraction, whereas the conditioned mind is the epitome of distraction, filled as it is with well-trodden paths of judgment, impatience, craving, anger, and confusion. The myriad negative mind states prevent a banana from being seen as simply a banana.

narrated by Ian McCrorie
2022
4 minutes 29 seconds

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