Mastering Meditation Series - Week 2. Meditation and the busy mind

There is a Catch-22 of Meditation. The same thing that causes students to want to learn to meditate - the busy mind - is what makes it difficult to meditate.Our busy minds can work against us to make mediation unsatisfactory and even stressful as sitting quietly allows us to discover exactly how busy our minds are.in this episode, Robert explains the nature of the busy mind and teaches some of the most useful meditations for working with a busy mind.The episode includes the following meditations: the meditation of no meditation, counting the breaths and labelling the thoughts.There is also some homework to help you with the next steps in your practices. This is a recording of a live-streamed class from The Loving Awareness Meditation Course -Three live-streamed classes each week. You can subscribe to The Loving Awareness Meditation Course website for free to be updatedwith new podcast episodes, offers and information on training.https://lovingawareness.fm/ If you want to just listen to meditations without the guidance, visit The Meditation CoursePodcast here:https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-meditation-course/id1549271245