Sitting quietly in meditation is the best research lab to observe the minds behaviour when it isn’t being interrupted, called to order. Sitting quietly, we inquire into our experience: can we exit our mental multiplex cinema at will?  Or do you find yourself moving from one inner movie to another, to another, a triple feature of memories and fantasies of last year, next year, the ups and downs  of love and work and family recast in a seemingly endless tape loop? Is this really freely chosen or a chained-to-the-theater-seat compulsive habit? Meditation practice is based on a simple commitment— the commitment to being fully present in mind and body.

Gaylon Ferguson,  Natural Wakefulness