Taking Stock: Practice Morsels

Taking stock first before directly imposing my will, trying to immediately jump right in and do the meditation (object). Instead, after setting intention(s) perhaps some moments of loving kindness or recollection on goodness before the main meditation object. Actually pausing to see what's there. Is there emotion? Is there a lot of agitation, restlessness? Is there disinterest? Or maybe there's ease. Maybe the mind's going a mile a minute. Maybe the heart is all over the place or not there at all, or maybe everything's all good.

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Assessments or ticking stock could also be called. So, Sitting down for formal meditation, Instead of directly imposing my will, Trying to do the meditation object, Jumping right in. After setting intentions and maybe doing some loving-kindness before, Or some recollection on goodness before the main meditation object, Actually pausing to see what's there. Is there emotion? Is there a lot of agitation, Restlessness? Is there disinterest? Or maybe there's ease. Maybe the mind's going a mile a minute. Maybe the heart is all over the place, Or not there at all. Or maybe everything's all good. Just kind of stopping and pausing what's actually right here now. And then it's an acknowledgement of how it is, Instead of just disregarding all that and jumping right into the meditation object. So that one form, How we're arriving, And how we're going to attend to the meditation object, At least initially, Starting off.