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132 GUIDED MEDITATION If you do it right from the beginning to the end, your journey will be smooth and easy. All you have to do next is to keep doing it repeatedly. Do it regularly, repeatedly, constantly, and you'll get better and better. The first step is to bring your mind back inside. You have to practice diligently and correctly in order to succeed. Don't think you're so special that you can do it any time you want and still succeed. Realize that you're still an ordinary person, one who's still immersed in defilements, one who's subject to the grip of Mara. The only difference is that you now know the path to liberation. So, you must keep on practicing every day, diligently, without getting discouraged. One day soon you'll be able to reach your goal of attainment. You have to put in the necessary effort for whatever you do. Even in simple things like eating a meal, you have to find food, to cook, to put it in your mouth, to chew, to swallow. If you get tired of doing this and stop eating, then you know what will happen. It takes so much effort to feed your body; it takes no less effort to feed your mind. Be mindful of this fact and please give enough effort for your practice. Every time you close your eyes to meditate, even if you see only darkness and feel tense and restless, you still gain merit. Your merit will accumulate each time you sit down to meditate. One day your merit will become full and you'll find success. The