Meditation consist of two simultaneous process: One is insight － paying attention to what is arising. The other is surrender － letting go of attachment to arising thoughts. This is how you cut free of the mind.
A student of meditation who was sitting in deep silence with a small group of demons, he got up, walked to the teacher, and whispered, 'Roshi, I've just had a horrible vision!' 'Let it go,' said his teacher. A few days later, the student was enjoying erotic fantasies, insights into the meaning of life, and visions of angels － the works. Just then, his teacher came up behind him with a stick and whacked him, saying, 'Let it go!'
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