Meditation: Heard But Never Practiced
- Many of us scoff at the word meditation as we cannot think of just sitting idly with our eyes closed, doing practically nothing.
- There are various misconceptions about what meditation is and are the root cause of agitation and the inability to meditate.
- Most misconceptions arise because we think of meditation as an activity, something we have to do.
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