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> it's important to note that meditation isn't about "thinking less". You are likely more educated and informed about meditation and its purposes, but for myse
by doomtop 11y ago
> it's important to note that meditation isn't about "thinking less".
You are likely more educated and informed about meditation and its purposes, but for myself, I use meditation specifically for the purpose of "thinking less". At least, that's how I'd describe it.
Thoughts still come, but I let them go almost immediately, which stymies the flow or deluge that would normally follow. I focus on ambient sound, or breathing, or whatever, nothing.
I can't turn the internal monologue off, but during meditation it does seem to fade out and it definitely feels like I am "thinking less".
- SpaceCadetJones 11y agoI was going to say the same. I recently started my meditation practice again and I noticed I'm not quite as easily able to get the waters in my mind to settle, but I remember when I did I could go many seconds (maybe even a minute) without having any thoughts un-related to my breath. It's really beautiful to feel it in such a calm state
- wordbank 11y agoIt's important to not describe meditation in terms of "thinking less" because then novices try to reject or block their thoughts and strain their minds. Better phrasing is something like "not following after arising thoughts".