Becoming Cool

On Page One Forty Nine, Sayadaw takes 'Ten Ways to Develop Your Concentration" from the Visuddhimagga. They are:

1. Study the elements in sequence; Earth, water, fire then wind. 
2. Don't go too fast, you'll miss something. 
3. Don't go too slow, you'll not reach the end. 
4. Ward off distractions.
5. Go beyond concepts; I love this about meditation, for me it actually makes it easier, to get 'below' or 'let go' of concepts and just be with the object. 
6. Discard what is unclear.
7. Discern the characteristics clearly (and that takes time and effort)
8. Develop your concentration in line with the Higher Mind Sutra
9. Develop your concentration in line with the Becoming Cool Sutra
10. Develop your concentration in line with the Enlightenment Factors Sutra.

The last three are about balancing the five faculties and the seven factors of enlightenment (previously discussed).