[AngelinaTheElf]

if you are like me then when you sit down to meditate thoughts begin to jabber and flood your mind:

what do i have to do today? was that the right thing to say? i am worried about the rent. i am worried about this pain in my body. did i make the right decision? blah, blah, blah.

i will share the best advice that i recieved to help with this and i would like to hear everyone else's teqniques as well.

so, i learned a simple trick a while ago that has worked pretty well for me. someone told me to treat my mind like a two year old who is having a temper tantrum because you won't give him/her any candy before dinner. what do you do in this situation? you ignore the child until he/she realizes that he/she is not going to get any attention for this behavior.

your mind is the same way. it is young and undisciplined. just ignore it and it will quiet down because no one is paying any attention to it.

and it does. it quiets down. it is like you are training it. takes a little time but it becomes more and more obedient until it learns to be quiet right away.

anyway, this works for me. what works for you?