Dear Friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the Buddha’s instruction to Sona (AN 6.55<\/a>), he compares effort to the tuning of a stringed instrument. A guitar string that’s too tight doesn’t sound right, and neither does one that’s too loose. We are to apply our effort to find a balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As you practice, notice when you are “too tight” or “too loose”. Can you bring just enough effort to connect and be aware?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s a guided meditation from Tara Brach on “Effortless and Wakeful Presence” (17 minutes): With good wishes, Dear Friends, In the Buddha’s instruction to Sona (AN 6.55), he compares effort to the tuning of a stringed instrument. A guitar string that’s too tight doesn’t sound right, and neither does one that’s too loose. We are to apply our effort to find a balance. As you practice, notice when you are “too tight” or “too loose”.\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[355],"tags":[161,366,16],"class_list":["post-1956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jan-2024","tag-eightfold-path","tag-right-effort","tag-tara-brach"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1957,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1956\/revisions\/1957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Andrea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"