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  “Become totally empty Quiet the restlessness of the mind Only then will you witness everything unfolding from emptiness” ―  Laotzu

The six foundations of the Natural State are: In the natural state the meditator is connecting with something beyond the realm of the mind. Zen master Bankei called it the Unborn Mind because it is never born or created; it's eternally present. Effortless meditation is resting within a perfection and wholeness that is already present, it is not created through meditation practice it is discovered.  1) No Grasping Non-grasping means you cannot grasp or comprehend the natural state of meditation with concepts.  Any attempt to grasp the natural state with your thinking mind will not only fail it will become a big obstacle to resting in the natural state. When your mind says “I’ve got it” it hasn’t. What it boils down to is best described in the first line of Tao Te Ching “ the Tao that can be named, is not the real Tao ” .  2) Stillness Stillness is a great  pointing out instruction  and one of the few direct methods. The only thing to do in the natural state of m...