The great secret to meditation? Just be present lah


Meditation can be as easy as being mindful of the moment you are in right now. Photo: 123rf.com

MOST people reading this will have heard about the many benefits that mindfulness meditation can bring us. While it sounds good, there’s one problem for some: how do you meditate if you can’t sit still?

Whenever people complained to famous Thai Buddhist teacher Ajahn Chah (1918-1992) that they “didn’t have the time to meditate”, he would respond by saying, “Do you have time to breathe? Then you have time to meditate.”

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