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Old 08-29-2014, 08:44 AM
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That's why meditation is a *practice* Seriously though, its not so much that you're achieving peace and a clear mind, its the act of trying that's important in meditation.

So the fact that you are plagued with restlessness and your brain is busy and jumbled with rambling thoughts makes you the perfect candidate to keep working at it. I know it sounds counter intuitive.

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Not counter-intuitive, at all. I just read an article that stated that the brain grows best when it tries - and fails - at difficult tasks, rather than repeating things it does easily.
http://emails.khanacademy.org/528369...OktbN-NhqCe658
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