Concentration

I don't remember where I read it, but there was a description of developing concentration in meditation, which described it as 'becoming like a cat intently watching some prey... ready to pounce at any moment'. That really resonated with me... and that's kind of how it is.

You are on breath, concentrating on breath I mean, and each period of concentration is just a few seconds until you're off thinking about something else. But then you become like that intent cat... or cat full of intent. You make a resolution that you WILL do it, and energy and presence comes forth, and you're watching yourself watching yourself watching yourself, just waiting for the slight wavering of resolve or the first little glimmer of a thought. What you are actually doing is letting go of absolutely everything other than being here and breathing right here and now, with full energy, and that is meditation; and meditation is that, and nothing else at all.

I don't particularly like the sketch. If I was a better artist, I would have made a cat staring intently at itself in a mirror? So, I'm not sure how I'll redraw it digitally to convey what I was trying to say... but I love a challenge sometimes.