Meditation...

When I teach meditation, I often begin by saying: "Bring your mind
home. And release. And relax."

To bring your mind home means to bring the mind into the state of Calm
Abiding through the practice of mindfulness. In its deepest sense, to
bring your mind home is to turn your mind inward and rest in the
nature of mind. This itself is the highest meditation.

To release means to release the mind from its prison of grasping,
since you recognize that all pain and fear and distress arise from the
craving of the grasping mind. On a deeper level, the realization and
confidence that arise from your growing understanding of the nature of
mind inspire the profound and natural generosity that enables you to
release all grasping from your heart, letting it free itself to melt
away in the inspiration of meditation.

To relax means to be spacious and to relax the mind of its tensions.
More deeply, you relax into the true nature of your mind, the state of
Rigpa. It is like pouring a handful of sand onto a hot surface, and
each grain settles of its own accord. This is how you relax into your
true nature, letting all thoughts and emotions naturally subside and
dissolve into the state of the nature of mind.

Songyal Rinpoche