That's from the short-book "Progressive Stages of Mindfulness in Plain English". Specifically, it's from the section on stage1, where the goal is to develop a habit of meditating. This is the section of the book in which the author has the least original insight. The rest of the book lays out a detailed granularization of how to develop the skill of concentration.
In general, I think this advice doesn't seem to contradict advice the advice on how to deliberately practice any skill.
I would expect that most people do something that hinders meditation if you speak to them about focusing their efforts on some goal.
Why is that? How are you supposed to get better at concentration meditation unless you really want to? The goals he's talking about are things like "focus for 5 minutes without letting my mind wander once."
"Letting go" is something that can't be forced.
Why is that? How are you supposed to get better at concentration meditation unless you really want to?
I have not said something about "really wanting to" being bad. The problem is attachment. If you have once a really great experience meditating and then get attached to the idea of recreating that experience you usually don't get anywhere.
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