> It's strength training for your ability to direct your attention. That's an initial, low level in meditation. Not meditation per se, more like getting your m

> It's strength training for your ability to direct your attention. That's an initial, low level in meditation. Not meditation per se, more like getting your mind ready for it. It may take years to go beyond it, which is why a lot of people confuse it with meditation proper. There is a point where your state of consciousness in meditation combines attributes of the waking state, the dream state, and the dreamless sleep state. When that happens, meditation indeed becomes a GC for the mind. But then sleep becomes optional, among other unusual occurrences.