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The point of focus

To cultivate an ability to concentrate on one thing provides us with the experience of letting go of the peripheral.

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Stay on target

Anything that brings us to a place of concentration is an aid to the practice.

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Don’t forget your ventolin

The breath is so fundamental, it can calm us or disturb us or deplete us or energize us. We want to learn to use it skillfully.

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The trick is to keep breathing

The steadiness of the breath reflects the steadiness of the mind. As above, so below.

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We are all of us

Befriend the happy, have compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and disregard the wicked.

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I’m fixing a hole

Concentrate your energies. Focus your efforts.

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Hold the line

Keep to the path. Don’t get nervous about whether someone else is making more progress doing something else.

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As Below, So Above

It is easier to be well when we’re well, so we need to treat ourselves as if this is important.

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Strength and Service

We can’t be available to others when we’re not strong enough to serve ourselves.

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It’s just a question of eliminating obstacles

To understand our own truth, we must be challenged.

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