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I had the same experience. Though I tried multiple times with different methods, I have never benefited from meditation, or I never felt so, contrary to most st

• Tharkun 11y ago
  You're (both) doing it wrong. For starters, meditation is a learned skill. It's not something you can do right off the bat. Second, it's not about 'not thinking'. It's about being aware of your thoughts, as if watching them from a distance. Third, you can't not benefit from taking some to sit and quiet your mind. That's as absurd as saying you don't benefit from sleep or rest.
  • kybernetikos 11y ago
    > Third, you can't not benefit from taking some to sit and quiet your mind. That's as absurd as saying you don't benefit from sleep or rest. How do you know this?
• glossyscr 11y ago
  What I basically meant: while meditating was not satisfying at all the afterwards felt great: I didn't had any urge to waste time with Facebook or other unproductive activities. The biggest problem around meditation is that most are not able to clearly express what meditation is really doing with you.
• fsloth 11y ago
  For me personally - the benefits from meditation were obvious but I think that was because I'm pretty neurotic and was in a really stressful life situation. It was like ibuprofen for my suffering mind. Not that it helped immediately - but after a prolonged practice I noticed that suddenly my mind was not in psychic pain and I could just take the situation at hand without unnecessary added stress. So, I suppose the perceived results might depend on the life situation at hand (ambient stress factors, so to speak).