Love this post! I’ve lost count of how often I’ve recommended meditation to others, to little to no avail. My own journey with it began 20+ years ago as a practical coping tool during a stressful time. My first meditation teacher gave the gift of this wisdom: “any meditation is better than no meditation.” As the practice worked its subtle magic, though, it fell away as a regular habit. I “didn’t need it,” said my foolish mind. When I returned to it during another difficult time in my life, again, it provided deep and abiding refuge. Over the years, the main message I’ve found to help share its goodness with others is to reassure them that just because their monkey mind keeps chattering away during a meditation does NOT mean they’re bad at it — it just means they’re human. In our success-obsessed culture, it’s so often this fear that we’re “doing it wrong” that prevents us from persevering and developing skill in a new habit. I hope your post opens some more people to the unlimited potential goodness of meditation practices!
Love this post! I’ve lost count of how often I’ve recommended meditation to others, to little to no avail. My own journey with it began 20+ years ago as a practical coping tool during a stressful time. My first meditation teacher gave the gift of this wisdom: “any meditation is better than no meditation.” As the practice worked its subtle magic, though, it fell away as a regular habit. I “didn’t need it,” said my foolish mind. When I returned to it during another difficult time in my life, again, it provided deep and abiding refuge. Over the years, the main message I’ve found to help share its goodness with others is to reassure them that just because their monkey mind keeps chattering away during a meditation does NOT mean they’re bad at it — it just means they’re human. In our success-obsessed culture, it’s so often this fear that we’re “doing it wrong” that prevents us from persevering and developing skill in a new habit. I hope your post opens some more people to the unlimited potential goodness of meditation practices!
Doing meditation is like finding a treasure within ourself, it's worth every moment of peace it brings to our inner self