MAINTAINING MOTIVATION

When we’re not in touch with our volition, our deepest desire, then even if we struggle and try hard, concentration will not come easily. When that desire is strong in us, the concentration needed to realize real awakening arises effortlessly. Whether we are eating, drinking, walking, or washing dishes, even when we think we’re not very concentrated, we are concentrated because we are being motivated by that strong desire. Scientists and philosophers who are concentrated on their special subjects also have this kind of desire. When we touch our deepest desire, concentration comes easily and stays with us for a long time. We will be in constant concentration, not only in the meditation hall, but in the bathroom, the garden, the kitchen, the market, wherever we go.