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Journey to Joy 254 simple instructions as they were given, step by step, by my teaching monk. First, closing my eyes gently and relaxing every part of my body, I listened only to the soothing sound of the monk's voice. Following his guiding instructions I became deeply relaxed, my body, tense and tight, became increasingly supple and then... it became light as a feather! As I began to meditate, concentrating my attention on an imagined fixed object in my mind's eye, I envisioned a bright full moon on which to focus. But I was continually distracted at the torrent of thoughts that surged through my mind non-stop, one after the other, arising and disappearing only to be replaced by another, and then another! I never realized how resistant and restless the churning of my mind actually was