Our mind is with us all the time, influencing everything we do, say, feel, think and believe about ourselves and the world. It is potentially a great instrument, but for many, a cause for lots of unnecessary suffering. In meditation, we have the possiblity to work with our mind directly and overcome this suffering. By observing the mind, gaining insight, and transcending it.

 

We can spend years in therapy, attend countless spiritual workshops, family constellations, practice hours of yoga, explore ayahuasca and do intense breathwork. Which are all powerful and beneficial practices. But if we do not gain deep insight into our own mind, we will never be free. Our conditioning will haunt us infinitely, and we will be at the mercy of it.

 

It is only by observing our own mind deeply that we gain the insight necessary to overcome it. By becoming more conscious and lucid in daily life, and changing our habitual ways of thinking and behaving, we break free from our habits and patterns when they show up, our personality changes, and our life becomes an empty canvas on which we get to create beautiful things, untainted by the past. 

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Meditation is not just a practice for on the cushion, it is as a shift in identity. Silent retreats, and formal seated practices are the necessary instruments. But truly, the goal is to to embody a lucid state of awareness - 24/7.