Breathing meditation tonight because I do not have the stone with me. After a while, breathing occurs by itself. I rest there and time passes easily, opens up, and my body feels very light and balanced. As we read in discussion at Sangha from B. Alan Wallace, about breathing meditation, there is no reference to regarding the 'type' of feeling of the breath as pleasant or unpleasant, just that the mind can be in a state of balance, and I find that refreshing.
He says that concentration quickly quiets the mind. If only I had read that months ago.
I consider the curse and blessing of a racing mind, and some joy in the ability to bring energy, vividness of attention, and curiosity to meditation. Yet I fight with myself when I am tired, distracted, and I sometimes encounter the manifestations of mind with worry or doubt, curiosity's overfed cousins.
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