Giving up Our Ideas of the World to See What is Before us

The essence of Buddhist practice is realized through the art of giving. It doesn't matter what we give, nor does it matter how we give. The attitude of offering freely with no thought of any return is the heart and soul of meditation and mindfulness.

In meditation, when something comes up in our mind — a thought, for example — we hold it, we see it and we accept it just as it is. When a thought arises, we know that a thought is there, and we know what the thought is about. In our meditation, we always know exactly what is arising. Sometimes the thought just passes through, sometimes it lingers, but in recognizing it, we let it go. (More)

Source: Seattle Post