Clearing the Mental Backlog

Think of meditation as a process of catching up on the backlog of thoughts, feelings, and emotions in your brain. 

When we experience the monkey mind (mind chatter), it's like having a backlog of inventory (information) in a warehouse (the mind) that we haven't had a chance to sort away on shelves. There is also long line of trucks outside waiting to bring in more inventory. Meditation is the act of intentionally not accepting any new inventory so that we can catch up on sorting and putting away our current inventory in the warehouse. Translation: Meditation is the act of not taking in any new information so that our thoughts, feelings, and emotions can be fully processed and released.

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