REST AND RELAX LIKE A BUNDLE OF STRAW (PDF-1789)

Here is an excerpt from a Spirit Grooves video called “Minding the View,” which can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96GLkUHX70&list=UU3cL8v4fkupc9lRtugPkkWQ&index=1

It took me many years to understand the when the meditation instructions said to let the mind rest, they meant the same kind of “rest” you and I mean when we use the term R&R, like actually rest and take it easy. In fact, the tradition has a wonderful analogy as to how you are supposed to sit and relax.