“You may find that because you're thinking a lot that you forget you're breathing, and you space out or your mind wanders into speculation or subconscious gossip or planning or thinking. So you just rest again and acknowledge your thoughts. You don't push them away, you don't invite them in, but just turn your attention back to your breath again.” — the Beat poet Allen Ginsberg’s explanation of meditation to a skeptical interviewer

“Rinse and repeat.” — instructions on a shampoo bottle

Don’t work yourself into a notional lather.