Some of us sit down to meditate and then simply daydream. This is fine if you want to spend some quiet time in reverie-----but you are practicing daydreaming, not meditation. Meditation practice requires vigilance, attention, and commitment to gently but firmly release a thought the way you would release a fish, by tossing it back into the stream. Once you have meditated enough to see the discursive mind as it is, as a parade of illusion, you can then go about your day -- and your life-- with your eyes open, your attention free. You have tamed your mind by making peace with your thoughts and need fear it no more.
From Everyday Enlightenment
By Dan Millman
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