The best way to train is to forget yourself.
Don’t think about what you have to do every day, what’s happening, or what problems you have.
Forget yourself — but only think about yourself. Don’t think about everyone else either. Just be with yourself. A contradiction? I don’t think so.
Lie down on the floor. Stretch your legs. Feel which parts of your body are touching the floor, and which parts are floating, with space beneath them.
Now think like the old Indian wise man.
His student once asked,
“Master, why are you so calm, so balanced, so completely yourself—undisturbed? Why is your way of speaking and acting so relaxed?”
“Oh,” said the wise man, “it’s very simple.
When you lie down, just lie down.
When you sit, just sit.
When you stand, just stand.
When you walk, just walk.”
“But Master,” the student said, “we do that all the time!”
“No, no, no,” said the wise man.
“When you lie down, you’re already sitting.
When you sit, you’re already standing.
When you stand, you’re already walking.
That’s the difference.”