If meditation practice hinged solely on the effort we put into it, the hours and minutes we logged each day, we'd be in trouble. Sooner or later, we would exhaust ourselves from all our diligent efforting. But the deeper we move into this practice, the more we become aware of effortless practice—the free ride that Nature provides, if we know how to catch that updraft.

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