#simplemeditation

When talking about meditation, most people imagine themselves isolating in a dim lit place with their eyes closed. It is indeed a form of conventional meditation. Apart from this, there are various forms of meditation which many of us do in our day to day lives.

Searching the meaning of a word in a dictionary to finding your long lasting friend in social media or even reading a novel comes under this category. The purpose of meditation is primarily two things-unified focus and awareness. Any activity which does these two can be classified as a form of meditation. Not necessarily it should be done in a quiet place with closed eyes. Any activity which makes you forget your surrounding and yields a positive outcome is meditation. Random scrolling of social media or casual reading with lost mind doesn’t fall into this category.

Everything requiring our focus can be considered as a part of meditation. But the problem is, all these activities fulfill the first agenda - unified focus but tends to miss on the latter - awareness. Watching a movie or playing a game on phone might keep us glued to the screen but it takes away the awareness from our senses which are vital. So in a way every one of us is constantly engaged in a form of meditation but we are unable to reap the benefits.