The Importance of Beginning Meditation Properly : หน้า 126/200

It is Important to Start the Right Way I wish all of you, both here and overseas, give importance to training your mind to be still. Begin your practice the right way. Even if you may not see the result as quickly as you wish, in the long run you will find greater satisfaction. You may not see images, or see only images that are blurry, but if you’re able to feel light, relaxed and expansive, it is the sign that you’re heading toward the right direction. Seeing bright light or images is a by-product of a still mind. It will happen naturally when the mind comes to the right point of balance and become still. This is the result of practicing the right way. It may sound like a slow progression, but in fact it is quite fast. Some of you may be quick in seeing a Buddha image or a sphere right away, but the image appears stiff and lifeless, and it gives you discomfort. This may have gone on for as long as ten or twenty years without you making any further progress or witnessing any inner experience. So you get tired of meditation and even have a misgiving about anyone who says he or she is able to reach high attainment. In this case, it looks like a speedy achievement, but in fact it is slow.