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ngs arenamp。s as if youamp。s just, almost mechanical, it just seems itamp。s very dull and boring, and itamp。t be surprised if you feel a bit agitated in your body when you sit down to do nothing and your mind feels like that. You might find a mind thatamp。s really restless and the whole time. Donamp。s only in learning to watch the mind in this way that we can start to let go of those storylines and patterns of mind. But when you sit down and you watch the mind in this way, you might see many different patterns. You might find a mind thatamp。s wobbly, and you know that it hurts. But what do you do every 20, 30 seconds? (Mumbling) It does hurt. And we reinforce the storyline, right? And we just keep telling ourselves, and we do it all the time. And itamp。re anxious about feeling anxious. You know, this is crazy. We do this all the time, even on an everyday level. If you think about the last time, I dunno, you had a wobbly tooth. You know itamp。 And before we know it, right, weamp。s so much anxiety.amp。Oh, I am worried. Oh, I really am worried. Wow, thereamp。 You go back to it, repeat it. amp。t realize I was worried about that.amp。Oh, didnamp。s like, amp。s going fine, and then we see the anxious thought, and itamp。s say this is an anxious thought. So everythingamp。re learning to be mindful is that we get distracted by a thought. Letamp。re looking for a balance, a focused relaxation where we can allow thoughts to e and go without all the usual involvement. Now, what usually happens when weamp。re going to end up falling asleep. So weamp。 weamp。 (Snores) amp。s a very unfortable way to live life, when you get this tight and stressed. At other times, we might take our foot off the gas a little bit too much, and things just bee a sort of little bit like this. Of course in meditation amp。ll be times when the focus bees a little bit too intense, and life starts to feel a bit like this. Itamp。m going to drop them. Now in life, and in meditation, thereamp。s no way I can focus on the balls. Iamp。s no way that I can relax and talk to you at the same time. Equally, if I relax too much talking to you, then thereamp。s more about stepping back, seeing the thought clearly, witnessing it ing and going, emotions ing and going without judgment, but with a relaxed, focused mind. So for example, right now, if I focus too much on the balls, then thereamp。s q