The same principles that underlie the finding relaxed and vigorous physical postures are also applicable to finding the same balance in mind. When your mind dwells in the natural equilibrium between restlessness and wakefulness, it spontaneously manifest his innate qualities. This is one of the things that I learned during those three days, when he sat alone in his cell, determined to watch his mind. Sitting there, I always remembered how my teacher told me that when the water becomes still, mud, dirt and other impurities gradually settle to the bottom, so you can very clearly see the water and everything that swims in it. Likewise, if you stay in a state of relaxation of mind, "mental impurities" thoughts, emotions, sensations and perceptions naturally settle, revealing its natural clarity.
As in the case of physical postures, most importantly in the attitude of mind - is finding a balance. If your mind is too tight or too concentrated, you will eventually start to worry about how well you meditate. If your mind is too relaxed, you will either fall into drowsiness, or to something distracted. You need to find a middle way between the tension caused by the desire for perfection, and dull conventionalism like: "Well, you need to sit down and meditate." Ideally, it should be remembered that in fact it does not matter good your practice or not.
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