"Meditation is about coming to understand things the way they are, not the way we imagine them to be or would like them to be.

We will simply pay attention to sights, sounds, smells, tastes, sensations, thoughts and emotions as the way to stay most closely in touch with reality.

A key point in meditation then is to move our attention out of the conceptual acrobatics and fantastic proliferations of thougths and into what is real.

[...] as we observe sense objects again and again, we find that not a single one lasts.

Seeing change directly is an important perception, because concepts lead us into assumptions of continuity and permanence."

Emptiness: a practical guide for meditators