I should have stopped at the beginning like the author recommended. I wholeheartedly agree with "play" as the central element. And by play I mean to fully enga

I should have stopped at the beginning like the author recommended. I wholeheartedly agree with "play" as the central element. And by play I mean to fully engage and enjoy the activity at hand. To be detached enough to stop and take stock of what's going on, to poke at things and see what happens, to care nothing for "time invested" because you know you enjoyed that time and will enjoy your time spent digging back in the other direction. It is so so easy to lose that playful approach. Thousands of times per day I find myself drifting into attachment and boredom and some days I start there and never get out. It think this is probably the real benefit of meditation: building muscles to redirect yourself back to playful detachment. Maybe tomorrow I'll start a practice.