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Meditation
Meditation can help us to understand our own mind. We can learn how to transform our mind
from negative to positive, from disturbed to peaceful, from unhappy to happy. Overcoming
negative minds and cultivating constructive thoughts is the purpose of the transforming
meditations found in the Buddhist tradition. This is a profound spiritual practice you can enjoy
throughout the day, not just while seated in meditation.
The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we
will be free from worries and mental discomfort, and so we will experience true happiness; but if
our mind is not peaceful, we will find it very difficult to be happy, even if we are living in the
very best conditions. If we train in meditation, our mind will gradually become more and more
peaceful, and we will experience a purer and purer form of happiness. Eventually, we will be
able to stay happy all the time, even in the most difficult circumstances.
Usually we find it difficult to control our mind. It seems as if our mind is like a balloon in the
wind – blown here and there by external circumstances. If things go well, our mind is happy, but
if they go badly, it immediately becomes unhappy. For example, if we get what we want, such as
a new possession or a new partner, we become excited and cling to them tightly. However, since
we cannot have everything we want, and since we will inevitably be separated from the friends
and possessions we currently enjoy, this mental stickiness, or attachment, serves only to cause
us pain. On the other hand, if we do not get what we want, or if we lose something that we like,
we become despondent or irritated. For example, if we are forced to work with a colleague
whom we dislike, we will probably become irritated and feel aggrieved, with the result that we
will be unable to work with him or her efficiently and our time at work will become stressful and
unrewarding.
Meditation can help us to understand our own mind. We can learn how to transform our mind
from negative to positive, from disturbed to peaceful, from unhappy to happy. Overcoming
negative minds and cultivating constructive thoughts is the purpose of the transforming
meditations found in the Buddhist tradition. This is a profound spiritual practice you can enjoy
throughout the day, not just while seated in meditation.
The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we
will be free from worries and mental discomfort, and so we will experience true happiness; but if
our mind is not peaceful, we will find it very difficult to be happy, even if we are living in the
very best conditions. If we train in meditation, our mind will gradually become more and more
peaceful, and we will experience a purer and purer form of happiness. Eventually, we will be
able to stay happy all the time, even in the most difficult circumstances.
Usually we find it difficult to control our mind. It seems as if our mind is like a balloon in the
wind – blown here and there by external circumstances. If things go well, our mind is happy, but
if they go badly, it immediately becomes unhappy. For example, if we get what we want, such as
a new possession or a new partner, we become excited and cling to them tightly. However, since
we cannot have everything we want, and since we will inevitably be separated from the friends
and possessions we currently enjoy, this mental stickiness, or attachment, serves only to cause
us pain. On the other hand, if we do not get what we want, or if we lose something that we like,
we become despondent or irritated. For example, if we are forced to work with a colleague
whom we dislike, we will probably become irritated and feel aggrieved, with the result that we
will be unable to work with him or her efficiently and our time at work will become stressful and
unrewarding.
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