the doing mode is usually so strong in us that the cultivating of non-doing ironically takes considerable effort. Meditation is synonymous with the practice of non-doing. We aren’t practicing, to make things perfect or to do things perfectly. Rather, we practice to grasp and realize (make real for ourselves) the fact that things already are perfect, perfectly what they are. This has everything to do with holding the present moment in its fullness without imposing anything extra on it, perceiving its purity and the freshness of its potential to give rise to the next moment. Then, knowing what
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