Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana in Chapter 4 ("Attitude") offers eleven useful guidelines for productive meditation:

• Don't expect anything.
• Don't strain.
• Don't rush.
• Don't cling to anything and don't reject anything.
• Let go.
• Accept everything that arises.
• Be gentle with yourself.
• Investigate yourself.
• View all problems as challenges.
• Don't ponder.
• Don't dwell upon contrasts.

That last, in particular, means not to compare oneself with others, but instead notice the similarities, the harmonies, the universal oneness ...

^z - 2015-11-07