{"id":1335,"date":"2018-08-14T17:59:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T17:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somewhere.ca\/?p=1335"},"modified":"2019-04-22T20:19:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T20:19:07","slug":"one-mistake-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mindhacker.com\/2018\/08\/14\/one-mistake-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"The one mistake nearly everyone makes during meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\tThe first thing new students say to me is \u201cMeditation is too hard. Every time I sit down, I keep getting distracted by my thoughts. My brain is just too busy to meditate, it must not be for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
My response to this is \u201cWonderful! That means you\u2019re doing the practice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meditation is hard only because of confusion<\/h2>\n
Everyone thinks that the entire point of meditation is to sit down, clear the mind of thoughts. To enjoy a peaceful bliss state for the entire duration. This is far from the truth. That would be like going to the gym and growing muscles just by being there.<\/p>\n
Think about this for a couple of minutes. If you\u2019ve ever lifted weights you understand the idea of completing repetitions. Each rep, is a cycle that helps increase your strength. In meditation, the cycle of focus, loss of focus, then regaining focus is one cycle.<\/p>\n
In order to better understand this, we need to dig into a little bit of neuroscience.<\/p>\n