I now know that the "worse" my meditation session is, in terms of my mind getting distracted by thought, as long as I notice myself thinking, and gently guide myself back to breath, the better practice I'm getting.
If not, I encourage you to try it, with the self-direction to mentally celebrate each time you notice yourself absorbed in thinking, and gently, lovingly let go of your thought and guide your attention back to your breath.
As death approached Maxwell told a Cambridge colleague I have been thinking how very gently I have always been dealt with.
This can be done by reading, gently thinking in the dark, drinking herbal tea, whatever it is, get yourself to calm down.
In 2006, he sat in Central Park in New York and played a sizzling version of Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," thinking it was only for an obscure local television show called "Ukulele Disco". "To this day, I don't know how it got on YouTube," he said.
For this campaign, however, we wanted to gently get people thinking about equality across genders.
I gently poke him, thinking he is awake and playing sleep to entertain me, or still falling asleep, reviewing the evening in his mind.
I was just standing there, looking at this golden snow coming gently down, and thinking my life is going to come to an end.
You can label it "thinking" if you like and gently bring your attention back to the breath.
I want to go back to school!" Thinking that maybe he had forgotten something there, I gently asked, "It's 8 at night.
