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Meditation
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Use
Wandering Thoughts to Your Advantage
By Bharat Cornell
When thoughts
come, just bring your attention back to your meditation technique.
This simple act will stop many a thought from hijacking your concentration,
by nipping them in the bud. Sometimes, however, one can experience
a whole parade of thoughts due to restlessness or fascination with
a particular subject. When this happens, try offering these restless
thoughts up to the point between the eyebrows, or Christ center,
and release them there with a sense of freedom. Then resume your
meditation.
Thoughts are
just energy that needs to be redirected. When wandering thoughts
play havoc with your meditation, try viewing their presence not
as a failure, but as an opportunity—a chance to consciously
rechannel your energy back toward your own spiritual awakening.
In this way, your reaction to the inevitable thoughts that arise
in meditation will be constructive. Above all, it is important to
stay positive and avoid any sense of discouragement!
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