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Complete the following statements with the help of the text.
To learn about meditation, you have to see ____________________________________________________________ Watch your thinking. Do not ________________________ Do not ____________________________________ Begin to learn ______________________________ Just watch thought. Do not ____________________________________________________.
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Solution
To learn about meditation, you have to see how your mind is working.
Watch your thinking. Do not correct it.
Do not suppress it.
Begin to learn, to observe. Just watch thought. Do not correct it, and you will learn the beginning of meditation.
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