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When you wake up in the morning, as you become aware of your surroundings, all of your thoughts attune to the nature of your being. The first thought you have leads to the next thought, and the next thought, and the next thought, and so on. It continues through the entire day. All of the thoughts pile up on top of each other, storing themselves in the mind, like a huge data processor.
I don’t like to refer to the mind as being like a computer, but in some ways, it is. The mind stores memory. And if it gets overloaded it doesn’t function as well. For example, if you have too many folders on the desktop of your computer it could make it so you can’t even see which folders are where. If you have too many thoughts in your mind at once it makes it tough to think straight. So sometimes you have to go through the folders on your computer and make more organized. So to clear the mind of the stress it may have, it takes meditation.
What is meditation? What does meditation do? Who can meditate? How does one meditate? The way I like to explain meditation is a cleansing of the mind. Meditation can do many things. It can make you aware, make you happy, or make you sleepy. It has many effects. Meditation occurs when you give the mind a focus. By keeping the mind on the focus it becomes effortless, and very relaxing. Anyone can meditate if blessed with the time and commitment. Using visualization, sound, breath, chanting, nature, it’s easy to get the mind in a meditative state. The important thing to figure out which form of meditation works best for you!