the repetition is when you get distracted and something comes up and then bringing it back to the breath so you should be happy when that happens because that is the work
The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
the repetition is when you get distracted and something comes up and then bringing it back to the breath so you should be happy when that happens because that is the work
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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don't be discouraged that you keep having thoughts that's the exercise the exercise is acknowledging it recognizing it going back to the focus which in this case could be the breath or a sound or something like that
the whole game of meditation is not to stop thinking which is impossible — it's to notice when you become distracted and start again and again and again
the whole game of meditation is not to stop thinking which is impossible it's to notice when you become distracted and start again and again and again
Just think about it as bringing your attention back to one thing. Get distracted, you bring it back .You get distracted, you bring it back to any number of things.