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Published: Nov. 19, 2022, 4:36 p.m.

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Story 56 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie
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I meditate mostly in my room, but I always meditate in\n silence. I remain still. Stillness is both a vehicle to silence and\n a byproduct of the same. Ajahn Chah referred to doing nondoing\n as a still forest pond. Stillness is also the antonym of\n distraction, whereas the conditioned mind is the epitome of\n distraction, filled as it is with well-trodden paths of judgment,\n impatience, craving, anger, and confusion. The myriad negative\n mind states prevent a banana from being seen as simply a\n banana.

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narrated by Ian McCrorie
\n 2022
\n 4 minutes 29 seconds\n

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