Meditation is a thing that you do with your attention. When you pay attention or concentrate or get distracted, that's you doing a thing with your attention. And that's obviously important stuff in your life and the world. Meditation takes it further.

We basically have 2 kinds of meditation.

  1. Concentration meditation, which is plain ol concentration taken to a higher level.

  2. Zen meditation (aka shikantaza), which is another thing to do with your attention, kindof a left turn from concentration and is a bit esoteric.

So there you go.

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[–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

There is no good definition of a thought.

But as a person who struggles to crack 60 seconds, respect.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 day ago

    Thanks. Keep in mind that that's the rare best-case scenario. My daily best is more like 5 minutes.

    Getting my life to where that best-case scenario happens more often is a big deal for me. I work on that.

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