awhile ago I ran across this post on reddit by u/mr_lose_cannon about meditation, and it’s probably one of the best guides to meditation I have read.
Real meditation guide:
Focus on nothing but your breathing or something that is repeating. Standing up, sitting down, it doesn’t matter. Boring chores such as folding clothes is excellent.
Your mind quickly becomes bored by this and start to wander.
Let it wander but when a thought appears watch it approach and leave as quickly as you can, like a leaf passing by in the wind. Focus on the boring task at hand.
Consider the thought that just passed. What made you think about it? Was it fear, anger, pride, honor, love? No quick answer? Move along, if it’s important it will come again.
Eventually a new thought appears. Nip it in the bud in the same way.
Meditation is self therapy; Your thoughts examined by a neutral, emotionless observer.
Few people can pull this off good by themselves repeatedly. That’s why people have sold faith and therapy for centuries. You can absolve yourself of ‘sin’ if you consider it.
Occasionally we all experienced the peacefulness of a completely silent mind. When your autopilot is focusing on the task at hand. No yesterday, no afternoon, no tomorrow.
Just. Now.
The walls that is the world you create around yourself becomes transparent in these moments.
Briefly you free yourself of your petty human concerns. You see the natural world around you. The vastness of the universe. And you are in complete awe of the fucking beauty of it. As you should be.
