How to Pay Attention to the Breath

As you try to pay attention to the breath, you'll begin to notice that the primary obstacle to your paying attention is thinking. Thoughts continually arise, and you forget that you are even trying to meditate at all. And this happens over the course of mere seconds. Try to count the next ten breaths without getting distracted. This is what you take with you in any situation in life. It determines how you respond to emotional stress and physical pain...and every other difficulty you encounter.

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