Modern life is moving faster and faster. Most of us are obsessed with the idea of doing many things (simultaneously) and competing in different directions (meaningful and meaningless) with others. Have you ever wondered how it is less and less common for you to pick up the phone just to ask how your relative or friend is, without asking for anything or having a specific offer? or how often do you miss listening to others in the company because you just can't wait to tell your own story.
All this in depth is an unconscious behavior that deprives you of choice and of true taste and sense of life.
meditation brings you back to the forgotten feeling of the Here and Now. To this just to be instead of doing. We most often live in the past or in the future. We recall past events - pleasant and unpleasant, repent of past mistakes or enjoy good memories. or we are planning for the future - what we need to do or say, where we need to be, what good or unpleasant awaits us and how we can prepare for it in the best way.
It is very difficult to "stop thinking", and this is not the idea of meditation practice. But part of the goal is to calm our minds, whose incessant chatter is largely unproductive and exhausting. Does not stopping to think about your problems, even at night, help you solve them.
The benefits of regular meditation cover a number of areas - emotional balance, improved health, vitality and immunity, deeper and more restorative sleep and better relationships with others.
Like body and muscle training, it is a conscious training of the mind and requires effort.
Meditation brings quality and clarity to life and brings you the ability to make conscious and conscious decisions. And in general a feeling of strength, calm and security .
Namaste