Meditation is nothing but Mental Inaction. There are hundreds of ways to do it, yet, too many lores attached to it keep us distracted from the core. It is simultaneously the most loved and reviled topic of our day.
We are what Naval Ravikant likes to call Thought Athletes, that need to sprint, rest and reassess. When the mind is constantly working thought after thought its akin to a sprinter running even after the race is over and then joining the next race. We've all felt this in our bones as we get up the second day of the week and continue what should be easy work.
A neurochemical aspect to this is that of the hormone Dopamine. Meditation reduces base levels of dopamine, which in turn means that joy from simpler experiences is accessible. As we spend most of our day hunting for our next excitement our brain reacts to each dopamine hit by constantly increasing the baseline, needing infinitely higher and higher excitement levels to feel normal. At a higher dopamine baseline, doing lesser everyday chores and tasks becomes unbearable.
In an age of mental gluttony, meditation is fasting for the mind. - Naval Ravikant
Meditation is a cleansing of the mind. It is a biological reminder that reduction of stimuli and voluntary boredom can be healing and can enrich the everyday humdrum of which life is full of.
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