Page Eighty Five begins a series of questions and answers. The first question here is a good one.
How should beginners balance the faculties of concentration of wisdom? and How should they practice wisdom in anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing)?
Sayadaw explains that although there is a lot of restlessness in beginning meditators (I can attest to that), there is not much need for balance, as the controlling faculties are not yet developed and any one or more of them will not come in to sweep out the others (the five are faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration and wisdom). Also he notes that just being mindful of breathing brings about some balance with concentration and the faith of practice. It is a matter of making the faculties stronger by using them.
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