How often have you been forgetful or seem to have lost your short-term memory? You know what feeling I’m talking about. You start to lose attention, you feel distracted and there is a problem concentrating on the tasks at hand.
Did you know that meditation can help you reduce “brain fog” like this? If you learn to meditate, over time, it helps you clear your mind and reduce mental stupor. Because meditation involves learning to let go of the thoughts that are spinning around in your head, with practice you can learn to let go of the state of unclarity that arises in your mind that meditators call dullness, brain fog, or stupor. Naturally, it takes some practice to master this skill. However, it is worth the effort because that is the purpose of meditation in the first place.
The cardinal rule of meditation is to let go of your thoughts, but remain aware of everything going on in your mind while allowing your mind to freely generate thoughts. When people begin to look at their mind in this way, at first the mind begins to clear and they reach a realm of mental clarity. But after this initial burst of progress, it actually seems like your mind is busier than ever and more confused than you ever knew. In reality, this is not a step back, but a step forward, and people who think they are going backwards when this happens are actually misunderstanding their stage of achievement.
What’s really happening right now is the mind becoming clearer and you’re just beginning to see its inner workings for the first time, but you mistake that clarity for extra busyness. For example, meditation teachers often compare our wandering “monkey mind” to a cloudy glass of water. As the thoughts in the mind begin to dissipate and clarity arises, that is the same as the dust particles in muddy water beginning to settle. Only when the dust particles begin to settle can a person see the separated particles clearly.
That’s what happens when you start noticing all the wandering thoughts in your head. If you continue to meditate with practice and determination, soon these wandering thoughts will settle down and your mind will reach a state of clarity that it has never experienced before.
So how can this help you with brain fog?
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Let’s leave these causes aside, although of course you should investigate them and others. If we rule out these various causes and attack the problem at the base of the mind, to combat mental unclarity, you must put aside your thoughts while watching your mind, and in time it will become clear with practice. This is called vipassana in some schools of meditation, or “stopping and watching.” Simply watch your mind, and over time its busy nature ceases, and the “brain fog” along with it. Simply separate yourself from it when it arises and stay clear until it is gone.
This is how meditation can help you free yourself from confusion forever. Do you want to learn to meditate? Visit MeditationExpert.com for free lessons.
