sitting time

during our temple stay we attended Buddhist prayers and then were given time to sit and meditate. We were told how to sit, how to breath and the first steps in thinking. There was a cup analogy the head monk used, pour the cup empty to be filled again with better things..because a full cup cannot be filled. release all anger and thoughts that deepen the heart, clear the heart and mind of negative influences and let thoughts about one self come in and out freely. Who am I? what does the heart long for? what is meaningful for ones self to be happy? think about these questions in a quiet time and see what it means for you. It was really cool experience, after meditation the monk hit a split bamboo stick and it was like being awakened from a dream. it was something different.