Anger, annoyance, and impatience deplete your energy in a few moments. While through wise patient effort our resources are better deployed and this strengthens us in the long run. So we need to practice cooling emotional fires and learn how to soothe and alleviate fierce emotional disruptions in lives. This by holding whatever arises let it be good, bad or neutral in equanimity and the light of compassion.
Vipassana is usually interpreted as the practice of the development of "Insight" by applying awareness and understanding of what precisely is happening as it happens. "Concentration" or "calm abiding" can be translated as Samatha. It is a state in which the mind is brought to rest, centred on one thing only so as not the wandered away and remain focused to achieve single-pointedness. A profound relaxation pervades the body and mind when single-pointedness is finally achieved, described as a state of calm that must be witnessed to be appreciated. The meditator uses this focus as an instrument in Vipassana meditation . He directly applies this concentration to his consciousness, through which he chips away at the delusion wall that cuts him off from the living light of reality. Vipassana involves a progressive development of knowledge into the mind's inner workings over several years. The student's interest is carefully drawn to an intensive an
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