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 Why don’t you meditate?

What’s the point? It’s just a New Age fad.

Truth: 3000 BCE is the earliest date that historians believe meditation was practiced. All types of people, leaders, and regions have adapted meditational rituals from ancient and early histories to the Middle Ages and modern history.

That’s not because of a fad.

Meditation is a simple, affordable, resourceful and timeless method to focus the mind. Meditation offers positive benefits such as muscle tension release, inner peace and mental contentment.

Lastly, meditation is a very private experience, it can’t easily align with things like popularity contests, bandwagons, and peer pressure.

You need to be spiritual to meditate.

Truth: The Latin verb meditārī (to meditate) means to reflect on or contemplate. There is no spiritual act in that definition.

“Meditation is an ancient practice, and it was indeed created/discovered within religious contexts, to achieve spiritual goals; however, for most techniques – especially those prevalent in the West – there is nothing inherently religious about them.” - Sam Harris via “Waking Up: A guide to spirituality without religion.”

Meditation is against my religion.

Truth: Throughout history, meditation has played a large role in many spiritual and religious practices.

However, it’s up to you if you want your meditation practice to be centered around a higher power or not.

And, even though religious leaders and spiritualists have used meditative tools and rituals to enhance their praying (i.e. visualization, mantras, sound baths, prayers beads, incense, oils, yoga poses, etc.) - that doesn’t mean tools/rituals have to be spiritual. They are merely tools to help your brain focus.

At the end of the day, wherever or  you choose to focus your mind and heart, will be the guiding light.

Meditation is too hard. I can’t calm my mind.

Truth: “People often feel that meditation is hard when they believe they should be fighting their thoughts or actively trying to empty the mind” - Sam Harris via “Waking Up: A guide to spirituality without religion.”

It doesn’t matter how much skill we have or how much we’ve practiced meditation; if we go into it without strong expectations or an attachment to rigid goals and timeframes, then meditation can be a success.

Once you figure out that meditation is not an achievement to collect, you may enjoy the process more.

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