“Nothing whatsoever is to be clung to as ‘I’ Or ‘mine.'”–The Buddha
Meditation weakens our dependence on the mind; and, in turn, it strengthens our relationship to it.
My mind no longer has its accustomed stranglehold on me. My mind’s usual obsessive grip weakens. I am not so much a captive audience enraptured by the mind’s antics and drama–thought after thought after thought, emotional stickiness pulling deeper into its seemingly inescapable drama.
As I practice meditation focusing my mind on the breath, thoughts and feelings come and go with less entanglement. My thoughts and emotions and even my struggles and pain become mere thoughts, emotions, and struggles and pain not held so intently by the grip of “my.”
They pass across my mind like clouds across a sky. My mind, the sky, if you will, does not grab at each thought. It is mere sky, home to passing clouds.
The mind is mere mind, home to passing thoughts.
Practice…meditate!
The Every Day Yogi 