Hey, it's Dora. Welcome to Radio Headspace and to Tuesday.
As some of you may know, I teach an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction program, aka MBSR.
Once a week, I meet with my class and we are fully immersed in all things mindfulness.
After our second class,
a student bravely shared how they didn't think they were benefiting from the course
because each time they tried to meditate,
their mind was so restless and filled with so many different thoughts.
So I told him that this is what awareness is.
The awareness that so much is happening in our mind is actually a part of developing our meditation practice.
It's actually a good thing.
And for now, it's enough.
Nothing else is needed.
Just simply being aware of the condition of the mind.
And this is a common misconception with meditation.
Similar to what that student had mentioned,
when we notice that the mind is moving from past to future and future to past,
We worry we aren't doing a good job or we're a bad meditator.
But that's not the case at all.
I'll offer what I offered to that student that day to you, which is, what if this was enough?
Like, what if simply witnessing the movement of the mind was enough?