The instructions always tell me to let go of my thoughts and concentrate on a mantra I’m confused all instructions you found said this. This is the opposite of

The instructions always tell me to let go of my thoughts and concentrate on a mantra I’m confused all instructions you found said this. This is the opposite of what you’re supposed to do. When you calm down your hamster wheel of a brain will get bored and pull out a thought naturally. There is no point in fighting this. The point of meditation is usually to become aware of the thoughts we have, metaphorically holding them in front of us and observe them without judging. You’re supposed to think “oh it seems I have that thought, interesting” without analyzing, just being aware. This is similar to hearing someone out instead of immediately trying to solve their problem or argue with them. What you will find after going through some obvious thoughts is that some will appear that you didn’t know you had anymore, because you pushed them away into your subconscious mind.