Understanding Meditation Process - with Dave Sheehan

"Why Meditate" by Pema Chodron: Sitting meditation gives us a way to move closer to our thoughts and emotions and to get in touch with our bodies. It is a method of cultivating unconditional friendliness towards ourselves and for parting the curtain of indifference that distances us from the suffering of others.  It is our vehicle for learning to be a truly loving person. Gradually through regular meditation we begin to notice that there are gaps in our internal dialogue. In the midst of continually talking to ourselves, we experience a pause, as if awakening from a dream. We recognise our capacity to relax with the clarity, the space, the open-ended AWARENESS that already exists in our minds. We experience moments of being right here that feel simple, direct and uncluttered. By simply staying here, we relax more and more into the open dimension of our being. It feels like stepping out of…