How does meditation work? Very simple meditation is like resting. When you work your body hard you need to take a break. The mind is not any different. All day you are processing information; sounds, smells, feelings, etc. and your mind needs a break. Sleep takes care of a lot of stuff but, unless you are able to fully relax, the mind ‘holds’ onto things and doesn’t really rest. For example, you have an important exam, or a date, or someone has been cruel to you and you can’t let go of the worry, anxiety or fear. Meditation, at this level, works by getting in touch, making direct contact with, the different feelings and emotions that we experience, as a fully conscious process; as opposed to just drifting, day-dreaming or sleeping. It is actually going right into the difficult, tense or unpleasant mind states. Meditation is not trying to solve the problems but to relax around them, to change the attitude to them. On a deeper level meditation works by investigating and understanding the nature of the mind itself. It is seen as a condition in nature, devoid of any solid personality or lasting quality. When this insight arises one can be peaceful with the most horrific mind states; one doesn’t take it all so personally.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:58:16 +0000
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