8 Misunderstandings About Meditation

MOST THINK THEY KNOW ALL ABOUT MEDITATION…THINK AGAIN

When you think you know what meditataion is, it’s time to think again. Photo by Ayo Ogunseinde on Unsplash

Meditation… Shmeditation

In Zen, meditation is about sitting, standing, or walking in total awareness.  Roshi Steve Hagen, the Lead teacher at the Dharma Field Zen Center in Minneapolis, MN, and author of the best book on meditation I’ve ever read (and the easiest for my feeble brain to understand), Meditation Now or Never, puts it this way:

“Meditation, and it’s Japanese translation ‘Zen,’  is the practice of awareness, openness, and direct experience of here and now.”

That’s what we need to know about meditation. It’s not about becoming more relaxed, healthy, or even enlightened. In fact, the moment we think we’re going to get something out of meditation, we take ourselves out of the meditation mindset.

8 Misunderstandings About Meditation

1. Meditation isn’t about relaxation