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Is Meditation practice worth the hype?

The simple answer would be a Yes!

But before concluding that meditation helps us in coping with the negative thoughts and prepares us to be more stable and calm in the event of adversity, Let's try to figure out what Meditation is and how should we use it for the betterment of our mental health.

What is general perception about Meditation?

Usually people start doing meditation with an aim of attaining a state of thoughtlessness or to forget that they are troubled by their thoughts. This makes it really hard for them to meditate as they are constantly trying to do something which is just opposite of what meditation really means.

What is Meditation?

Put in the simplest terms, Meditation is the state where you become an observer and let go of your tendencies as a doer. Meditation doesn't mean that you will not have any thoughts, or you should not have any thoughts, it means to observe every passing thought with a simplest view.

You don't have to react to these thoughts, you don't have to put efforts to get rid of them, you simply have to know that a feeling or thought is passing through your consciousness. 

While in meditative state, you will have different kind of thoughts, some new, some old, some suppressed, some positive, some negative, it is a process of your brain to cleanse your consciousness, and that is the reason we feel calm after even a short session of meditation, our brain has just made sense of its own feelings and now knows the priority between existing emotions and thoughts which makes it feel in control.

Meditation in a way makes us see through our own emotional states so that we can have better cognitive intelligence, It is the easiest way to understand the world around us with an acceptance mindset.

So, Yes Meditation as a practice is worth every word of praise and I believe it should be a part of everyone's lifestyle today more than ever.

If you are starting out on the journey of mediation and self-discovery, I would suggest you start with guided meditations, it is the easiest and most practical way to start your journey.


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