====== What's Meditation For? ====== It's for training the [[Monkey Mind|Monkey]] or the [[The Elephant and the Rider|Elephant]] depending on which metaphor you like. It trains the monkey by letting you practice: * [[Being Present]] - you are here and it is now and you //know// that. * [[Remembering]] - ...that you're supposed to be watching your breath when your mind has stopped doing that * [[Acceptance]] - accepting that you forgot to watch your breath... * [[Non-Judgement]] - ...but knowing that's not good/or bad, it's just a thing that happened * [[Letting Go]] - let the go of the distraction, the thought will want to be finished, don't. * [[Begin Again|Beginning Again]] - start over FIXME * Nope: not doing the walkthrough here, but it needs to be somewhere. * insert [[super simple meditation outline]] * walk through