Guru on Nostr: Meditation is not about turning off your thoughts (good luck with that), it's about ...
Meditation is not about turning off your thoughts (good luck with that), it's about redirecting them. If you catch yourself drifting away 20 times in a 5 minute meditation and you bring yourself back 20 times, that's a successful meditation, not a failure. As long as you stay focused on what you want to focus on and catch the mind when it drifts away, you are meditating. It's called a practice because like any other skill or exercise, the more you work at it, the easier it gets. And when you get good at it during your designated meditation time, you find yourself using it all day long. Just like weight lifting makes you stronger in general, meditation makes you mindful in every area of your life.
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