If we do hold on to it tightly, it will be like when a thread is twisted too
taut: one cannot sew with it, because it knots up. In the same way, if one
is too tense, one's mindfulness will be obscured. If mindfulness is not
grasped too tightly but left in the natural flow, sometimes it will be clear
and sometimes not. But we should not get caught up in whether it is clear or
not. If genuine mindfulness is left without being altered, gradually we will
If we do hold on to it tightly, it will be like when a thread is twisted too
taut: one cannot sew with it, because it knots up. In the same way, if one
is too tense, one's mindfulness will be obscured. If mindfulness is not
grasped too tightly but left in the natural flow, sometimes it will be clear
and sometimes not. But we should not get caught up in whether it is clear or
not. If genuine mindfulness is left without being altered, gradually we will