Is there any such thing as a Quiet Mind?

Is there any such thing as a Quiet Mind?

As a meditation teacher, I’m always curious to know what’s inspired new students to learn meditation. When I ask students what brought them to learn meditation one reason always stands out.

People tell me they want to learn meditation because:

‘I can’t stop my chattering mind.’ ‘I’m always thinking.’ ‘My mind never stops.’ ‘My head is so busy.’

The truth is we’re never going to stop the thoughts, ideas, memories, images and feelings that move through the mind

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A Wandering Mind Is An Unhappy Mind

A Wandering Mind Is An Unhappy Mind

How many times have you driven somewhere and when you arrived at your destination, realised that you had little awareness of the journey and wondered how you had arrived safely at all?  
 
For most of us, driving is such an automatic function that we don’t need to think about the act of driving. The mind can wander and day dream and somehow we’re still able to arrive safely at our destination.

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