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5 Ways Meditation Has Altered My Mind
After 20 months of daily meditation
I’ve been meditating daily since January 1, 2018. In the 20 months since then, I’ve witnessed vast changes in my mind. The person I was two years ago is in some ways unrecognizable to who I am today.
I attribute these changes to meditation because of the role it’s played in how I perceive my mind. Without this newfound perspective, none of the changes I describe below would have been possible.
What follows are the top 5 things that have changed in my life due to meditation.
1. I can no longer ignore or avoid the problems in my life
Do you ever ignore or avoid the looming problems in your life? Maybe you play video games or watch Netflix for hours at a time, hoping that it will distract you from the fear of actually addressing them?
In time, meditation will make the motivations behind your actions perfectly clear to you — and then there will be nowhere to hide. If there is a problem in your life that needs addressing, that problem will sit in front of you like a big, old elephant, which will then proceed to slap you silly with its trunk until you pay attention.
By placing my problems front and centre in my life, meditation has provided me with the…
