A Practical Guide to Mindfulness (Tessa Watt) / quote 2 of 9
Befriending the person you already are
The kind of meditation we use in mindfulness training is not about going off into altered states, trying to get to some better place. It’s not about sitting in the lotus position in flowing white robes on a turquoise beach, as the advertising posters would have it – pleasant though that might be! You’re not even trying to get calm and relaxed, or to become a ‘better person’. You are befriending the person you already are, and the place where you are sitting, right now. If you do experience any sense of calm, it is not from stilling the stormy weather of life, but from learning to ride its chaotic energy.