Quote for the Week

So it’s important to question our perception of concentration, and our attitude towards getting it. The ‘getting it’ approach doesn’t work in terms of appreciation of the present – but the present is all that we can directly be aware of. We’re directly aware of the present moment through feeling it and being affected by it – and that’s not a matter for thought or a goal, it’s a matter of heart in the present. But if we’re led by a work-ethic that demands achievement, we lose present-moment appreciation and enjoyment; we leave out the heart. And there’s the mistake: because there can’t be any settling and unification without feeling it in the heart. Samadhi is Pure Enjoyment

~ Ajahn Sucitto