Ajahn Chah

In this way,

the mind will remain calm and in a state of normality.

As long as the mind is calm, use it to contemplate mind objects.

You can do this at any time and in any posture, whether doing formal meditation practice, relaxing at home, out at work, or in whatever situation you find yourself.

Just going for a walk and seeing dead leaves on the ground under a tree can provide an opportunity to contemplate impermanence.

Both we and the leaves are the same.

This is raising the mind to the level of Vipassana.

Contemplating the truth of the way things are the whole time.

whether walking, standing, sitting or lying down, mindfulness is sustained evenly and consistently.

This is practicing meditation correctly.

You have to be following the mind closely

So we've been practicing meditation together, establishing the mind in the here and now.

And now we've stopped.

It might be that your mind has stopped practicing completely and it's not carrying on by contemplating.

That's the wrong way to do it.

When we stop, all that should stop is the formal aspect of sitting meditation.

You should continue practicing and developing awareness consistently without letting up.

It's like individual drops of water because the practice is not a continuous, uninterrupted flow.

If you understand this clearly, you'll see that you don't necessarily have to be doing formal sitting meditation in order for the mind to know Samadhi.

The mind is the one who does the practice.