So discovering this highly distracted state of mind at the first level of consciousness, is universal. That is one of the first things we have to say to the MBA students who are so keen to succeed at meditation – give up that idea straightaway. In fact, try to give up the idea of success or failure at all. The ego has to deal with the feeling of failure, that I cannot sit and say my mantra from the beginning to the end. So that is the first level of consciousness.
( Attention and Love 1 by Laurence Freeman OSB )
