Meditation is simple and transformative, yet it is highly
misunderstood. Some people think it is about controlling our mind or
stopping our thinking, while others see it as both weird and wacky or
boring and meaningless.
Yet meditation really just means being totally present, totally aware
with whatever is happening. It is being with ourselves completely as we
are. If the mind is thinking, then we are aware of the thinking; if the
body is moving, then we are aware of the movement. Hence, we have
sitting meditation, sound meditation, walking meditation, even running
meditation. It is not purposefully doing anything other than just being
here and now.
And just this is transformative. It creates an inner spaciousness in
which we become aware of the endless "me-centered" dramas, of our mind
that is like a drunken monkey leaping from one scenario to another.
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