The Cultivation of Veria Is a Very Refined Art

The cultivation of Veria is a very refined art. It's not something that we find the perfect balance for it and then, okay, I've got it. We actually need to get a little more forceful in our practice. The Buddha used the example of tuning the lute. And you tune an instrument too tight - it's not right. So we just keep tuning this instrument of our minds. That's how we need to practice. If it's too tight, the mind’s too tight, we need to soften. If it'm too loose,. we need to strengthen it a bit. But on a high wire, the way people keep their balance is not by finding the