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Re:What adolescents think of mindfulness in schools by wizzwizz4 on Saturday June 20, 2020 @08:30AM (#23583575)
> I am told to "not think" during meditation,

It's impossible not to think, unless you're dead. You even think while you dream! It is possible to avoid thinking concrete thoughts, but when concrete boundaries around acceptable thoughts are protecting you from trauma that's not a useful thing to do.

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Re:What adolescents think of mindfulness in schools by codegladiator on Saturday June 20, 2020 @08:49AM (#23583659)
yeah you are right, so probably an expert meditator might be able to "not think". what we were told to do is think of a single thing/tought/phrase and just keep repeating it, basically minimise the storm of thoughts to one.
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