For example, in American soccer, you’re not allowed to touch the ball with your hands. At the same time, there is a common thread that ties together all sports. You could say all sports develop some sort of physical strength, flexibility, and skill. Don’t say it out loud; say it to yourself in your mind.
This practice is an example of a family of meditation techniques that I call “nurture positive.” In nurture positive practices, you don’t just pay attention to whatever happens to happen, like we were doing in the first part of this guidance. There are a million different meditation techniques, many with contradictory instructions, but they all share the common thread of developing three core mental muscles: concentration, clarity, and balance.
The word meditation is like the word sport. There are a million different meditation techniques, many with contradictory instructions, but they all share the common thread of developing three core mental muscles: concentration, clarity, and balance.,