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Why meditation?
Why do we meditate at all? There can be a number of anwers. In my humble view, the need for meditation is this:
At an average, 42 involuntary thoughts per minute cross a human mind, with an average of above 50000 per day. All the misery that a human passes through in life is due to these thoughts keeping the mind fully fogged, thinking either about the past or worrying about the future. All forms of meditation and all religions aim at bringing down this average. An average of 5 and below per minute indicates a peaceful, content and blissful life, while an average of 25 and above indicates progressive levels of misery.
As one progress on the path of meditation, the number of involuntary thoughts starts getting lower and lower, and this is quite visible to the person meditating as well.
Anyone here agreeing or disagreeing with this totally untested hypothesis?
At an average, 42 involuntary thoughts per minute cross a human mind, with an average of above 50000 per day. All the misery that a human passes through in life is due to these thoughts keeping the mind fully fogged, thinking either about the past or worrying about the future. All forms of meditation and all religions aim at bringing down this average. An average of 5 and below per minute indicates a peaceful, content and blissful life, while an average of 25 and above indicates progressive levels of misery.
As one progress on the path of meditation, the number of involuntary thoughts starts getting lower and lower, and this is quite visible to the person meditating as well.
Anyone here agreeing or disagreeing with this totally untested hypothesis?
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