Meditation Analysis

So the truth of the matter is: Meditation can be hard to do. And that’s totally okay.

I know it can seem really intimidating when somebody else seems to be great at meditation, and you sit there and your mind just bounces all over the place. It feels like what you’re supposed to be doing is think about nothing, but every moment you have a new thought, and every time you have a thought it ends up ultimately with the general sensation of “shit! I’m just not good at this thing.” And then when you have that thought, it just makes you feel bad, and then we’ve totally lost the thread of what we’re supposed to be doing in meditation which is…accepting ourselves in a non-judgmental way. This is exactly the skill we want to train: to not feel …show more content…
Every time you notice that you’ve wandered and you bring yourself back is a moment of celebration. A moment of recognition that yes, you are tracking your mind, and yes, you are therefore meditating! Rather than getting frustrated at yourself for these wandering thoughts, be at peace with your wandering mind and experience the joy of choice, the joy of open possibility when you make that choice.

This small action of making a choice in your mind can amplify out amazingly in freeing you up to make new choices in your life. If there are times when you’re on auto pilot and not consciously moving through life itself, meditation can atune you to catch this. Through meditation you can now identify new choice points or opportunities to be conscious and present; you can choose where you want your attention to go and where you want to direct your life towards. When you embrace your mind, show it love, affection, and compassion, you can luxuriate in the freedom of being non-judgmental, and accepting yourself. It’s ok to do. Don’t worry. Nobody’s