Mar 23, 2024
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It's a common misconception that meditation clears your head of thoughts. It's not a realistic goal because mostly meditation is the opposite of that. What it is is learning to watch your thoughts from a distance without them taking control of you. You still have them but you dont identify with them instinctively.
Of course the longer you meditate you can have those moments of space and they can become longer and blissful with practice but the nature of the mind is that the second you notice that, it's gone already.
When your thoughts dont sweep you along as easily, your gut isn't reacting to every impulse anymore, because you have this new ability to sit back and observe.
That just means to listen to your thoughts in a more allowing, forgiving, non judgemental, non reactive-mentality and then that can start to transfer into how you deal with other people and life situations when you've had the practice to yourself first. But you do have to learn to do that for yourself first for it to come from a genuine place and not from the reactive ego and past trauma.
In the beginning it can be very hard because we haven't done it. Just like any skill it takes time to build. It's also because a lot of us do actively avoid our thoughts and feelings in order to not face certain things about ourselves that are holding us back.
We fear the unknown more than a harmful known, but the only way to truly let go and make space for something new is to acknowledge and move through the pain of whats real and what isn't, whats serving us and whats a disservice to a good life.
