...meditation is very much like training a puppy.
You put the puppy down and say, "Stay."
Does the puppy listen?
It gets up and it runs away.
You sit the puppy back down again. "Stay."
And the puppy runs away over and over again.
Sometimes the puppy jumps up, runs over, and pees in the corner or makes some other mess.
Our minds are much the same as the puppy, only they create even bigger messes.
In training the mind, or the puppy, we have to start over and over again.
For those who are drawn to the disciplined endeavours of formal meditation....this technique may be right up your alley.
http://www.geocities.com/~spiritwalk/kornfield.htm#artofmeditation
Jack Kornfield has also written some great books which are listed on this site:
http://www.geocities.com/~spiritwalk/kornfield.htm
