Meditation: Effort or No Effort

Resolving the conundrum through inquiring into the nature of meditation and effort

(Note: This is not an article but simply the sharing of a talk from my Youtube channel since the content may be of interest and relevance to many readers of this blog.)

Often there is the question of whether meditation involves effort or no effort. On the one hand, there seems to be a need for diligent effort in meditation. On the other hand, there is the egoic identification with the very effort which acts as an obstacle to meditation.

The talk below resolves this conundrum by unpacking both the terms — what is mediation and what is effort: