Want to Meditate Easily? Then Avoid these 10 Sneaky Mind Tricks

Meditation expert Ira Israel has figured out the most common thoughts that short-circuit any mindfulness practice. 

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10. I won’t be able to meditate because I think too much. This is going to be useless.

9. I wonder who is calling/texting/emailing me now that my phone has been off for eight seconds?

8. I think my leg is falling asleep. I should move it but then the whole world will know that I’m a bad person.

7. Why is meditation so easy for everyone else and so difficult for me?

6. What’s that pain in my (fill in the blank) that I never noticed before? Maybe I should make a doctor’s appointment?

5. I think I feel a fart coming on. I’m so stupid. How can everyone else remember not to eat right before meditation but not me? I’m really stupid. Here it comes. Nnnnhhhhh…. Fart. That was a fart. I definitely farted. Does not smell good. This is torture. I’m so stupid.

4. This is a complete waste of time.

3. I suck at this.

2. I shouldn’t have let (fill in the blank) convince me to try meditation. I knew it wouldn’t work.

1. I’m never doing this again.

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