"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

"Perception involves a sort of interpretative representation or view, while consciousness is direct knowing or immediate awareness of an object.

Conceptualization offers access to a wider world beyond immediate experience, but in its pursuit of commonalities it must abandon the compelling uniqueness of the moment. "

Untangling self

"The more you are able to let be and free yourself from concepts, the more you are able to open your heart. And the more you open your heart, the more you can relax in the nature of the mind."

Confusion Arises as Wisdom - p. 77

"The path is not about being positive instead of negative. It is about becoming liberated from both positive and negative, since both of them are concepts."

Confusion Arises as Wisdom - p. 59

"How we feel is very much a matter of how we conceptualize what is happening.

When we name or conceptualize something in a certain way, then it becomes that way."

Confusion Arises as Wisdom - p. 54-55