Don't Try, Do

With the internal arts it's important to understand the idea of branch and root. The branch is what is most apparent and can easily be seen. The root is the key idea but is hidden.
I friend of mine is teaching himself Tuvan throat singing, of all things. Tuvan throat singing involves singing two or even three notes at one time using overtones.
"I'm starting to get the hang of it," he told me. "But if you try to make the second note it won't work."
He explained that what is required instead is to focus on singing the base note and then on creating the right conditions for the overtones to appear.
"trying to sing the second note isn't the way to get it" he told me, "you just gotta do the singing instead."