If you're an meditator, you've probably mentioned the practice to your friends and heard them say "Meditation isn't for me. I can't sit down and stay still for more than a minute. My mind just can't stay quiet." Then you yell at them "That's the whole point of it!" And then you go and sit in meditation because you realise that you still haven't learned to remain calm.

In this episode, I interview my friend who is a monk in the temple of Wat Tham Krabok in Thailand and an experienced meditator, asking him about why some people find meditation boring or frustrating to begin with, and what the experience is like once you reach a certain level, enjoying sitting with your own mind. We talk about different techniques, such as active and passive, mindfulness, mantra, and stacking layers of awareness, deliberately filling up your mind, and allowing it to be more empty.

Join us on a journey into your own mind on the next episode of ... The Paradise Paradox!

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