The Dharma Intangibles (092)

Meditation training is still quite new in this country. We

are just getting the word out, so most of the emphasis

is on the actual physical meditation technique itself,

the bare bones, but there is more. Aside from the

basic physical technique, there are what I sometimes

call the "intangibles' – everything else. There is so

much emphasis on learning the basic techniques of

meditation that these intangibles are usually ignored

until later on down the line. The problem with this is

that these so-called "intangibles" are not just

supplementary add-ons -- afterthoughts. Quite the

contrary, they are crucial to the success of actually

 

learning to meditate properly. That's the rub.