Is your mind cluttered? You're not alone.
The need to clear out our thoughts has been an issue since the beginning of time - and the practice of meditation is just about as old! Even Lao Tzu's 2500 year old book Tao Te Ching, the principal text of Taoism (the philosophy/religion from which the phrase "go with the flow" stems) dictates that we must empty to be full.
What is meditation?
Meditation is frequently confused with various forms of concentration. In exercises such as yoga, tai-chi and visualization, we focus our full undivided attention on a specific thought, goal or skill. By contrast, meditation is an exercise aiming to prevent thoughts in a natural way, by deeply relaxing the physical body and then trying to keep the mind completely "blank" with no thoughts whatsoever.
It takes time
The idea is that we, as humans, are more than our thoughts and our bodies - we are the state of being. A meditative state may be maintained for a few seconds or a few hours, depending on your skill. According to Buddhist traditions, the purity of the mind achieved during meditation is essential to gain access to Higher Self. Don't stress if it takes you time to calm your mind - meditation, while based on a simplistic ideal, is a really hard state to achieve - particularly for the fast paced, post-millennium, Western mind.
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