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Originally Posted by adrian52 
Well I think it will simply require practise, patience and some experimentation. I'm sure it'll work out eventually, in the mean time I'll do some reading.
-Adrian
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I once came up with a statement to describe Zen:
Zen is embracing everything without holding onto anything.
That is the basic practice of Now. In present moment awareness, you want to quit trying. You are always here and now. You always have been and you always will be. There is nothing to grasp, no experience to be defined as "enlightenment". Every experience is the now. The practice is a process of letting go. When you let go, you become more receptive. Receptive just means the ability to receive or gratitude.
If you are getting bored or otherwise stuck, you are holding onto something. Receptivity is always fresh, always new. There has never been a single moment of your life that is exactly like any other moment. When it looks the same, you are holding onto something.
That's all you have to do: let in and let go.