Ajahn Chah

So we'll have to practice many sittings and apply right effort before you can become proficient.

But once you are, the mind will let go of the external world and will remain undisturbed

Mind objects from the outside will be unable to penetrate inside and disturb the mind itself.

You will see the mind as one object of awareness and the breath as another and mind objects as another.

They'll all be present within the field of awareness, centered at the tip of your nose.

Once mindfulness is firmly established with the in-breath and the out-breath, you can continue to practice at ease.

As the mind becomes calm, the breath which originally was coarse, correspondingly becomes lighter and more refined.

The body feels lighter and the mind itself feels progressively lighter and unburdened.

The mind lets go of external mind objects

and you continue to observe internally.

From here onwards, your awareness will be turned away from the world outside.

Once the mind has gathered together and becomes concentrated, maintain awareness of that point where the mind becomes focused.

Mindfulness will be sharp and awareness of mind objects and mental activities will be clearer.

At that point, you will see the characteristics of morality, meditation and wisdom, and the way in which they merge together.

Once this unification occurs, your mind will be free from all forms of agitation and confusion.

It will become one-pointed.

And this is what is known as Samadhi.

When you focus attention in just one place, in this case the breath, you gain a clarity and awareness because of the uninterrupted presence of mindfulness.

As you continue to see the breath clearly, mindfulness will become stronger and the mind will become more sensitive in many different ways.

You'll see the mind in the center of that place, the breath, one pointed with awareness,