
Anyways, I have gotten down my formal meditation practice pretty solidly. Whenever judgmental thoughts creep up ("you are doing it wrong") I just let them occur and stay on my breath....to which they eventually gently flutter away.
However, I am noticing how often I DO judge my non-formal practice. While trying to maintain mindfulness in everyday practice I find myself worrying about concentrating on the wrong thing; am I focusing on my breath too much and not enough on the smells? Or should I be focusing on my feet touching the ground and not focusing on the sounds of birds joyfully chirping? It is much harder for me to be non-judgmental during informal practice because there are so many different things to focus on or not focus on (for example: your feelings, your thoughts, sounds, sights, smells, moving through space, walking, etc etc). It's hard to know what should be the object of attention "in the current moment".
I'd love to hear any advice or similar situations you guys can share with me
