"The Buddha says that we suffer because of our misperceptions of things, seeing constancy in what's inconstant, pleasure in what's painful, self in what's not-self, and attractiveness in what's really unattractive. But he doesn't then just go and say, 'Simply turn your perceptions around and that's that. The problem is solved.' That's not how it works. The solution is more indirect. Before you take up the three perceptions of inconstancy, stress and not-self, he has you develop other perceptions first — in particular the perceptions that lead the mind to concentration. While you're here practicing concentration, focus in on your breath." ~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Medicine - Timely & Timeless", Meditations5,
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