Fix It Right Here

This practice is called the practice of the Dhamma. If you can see every day, if you can try to see continually into your mind, then even if you’re doing work, you’ll see. Try to see with every moment. You might say, “Oh, Venerable Father, I don’t have any time to meditate. I can’t meditate. I’m always busy.” That’s how we tend to see things.

Actually, where you’re busy is the place where you practice.

Wherever there’s heat, there’s coolness right there. You don’t understand. All you see is that when heat arises, there’s nothing but heat there. No coolness at all. Actually, wherever there’s busyness, there’s stillness right there. Wherever there’s wrongness, there’s rightness right there. Wherever there’s turmoil, there’s stillness right there. Look. If you do something wrong right here, where are you going to correct it? It’s as if something goes wrong in your motorcycle right here, right in this spot. Where are you going to fix it? You fix it right where something has gone wrong, and then it’ll go right, right there, that’s all. Wherever you encounter a preoccupation you like, you practice right there: “Oh. This isn’t for sure. We’ve already experienced pleasure. We’ve already experienced pain many, many times. This won’t turn into anything else. It’ll turn into nothing but suffering.” If you can think correctly like this, the mind will keep staying in that state.
(The Teachings of Ajahn Chah)