Comfort
There is another important principle. To meditate, you need to know how to be comfortable. Any uncomfortable condition will not support our mind to be still. To persevere against any uncomfortable condition such as pain, heat, or cold is not the way. If you have to fight, it will not be peaceful. In the beginning of a supervised meditation session the teaching monk will guide us to do first relax our body. A relaxed body allow us to be comfortable physically. For the mind to be comfortable, we need to be able to concentrate it at the center with minimum effort.
