Christopher explains that the clock time you spend meditating does not match the relief you feel when meditation arises. He compares it to resetting a computer: there are minutes before and minutes after, and the reset itself only takes a few seconds. We have many practices and approaches, and all of them help us learn the same skill, to release and let go into our current lived experience.
'The reset itself only takes a few seconds.'
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Questions people ask
How long do I need to meditate to feel a benefit?
Christopher explains that the clock time you spend meditating is not tied to the relief you feel when meditation arises. You may hear of meditations for 20 minutes or for an hour, and yet the reset itself can be very fast. A few minutes at a time can make room for that moment.
How is meditation like rebooting a computer?
When a computer reboots, the final off and on takes only a few seconds. Things happen before it, as the screen slows or freezes, and things happen after it, as the computer comes back to where you can work. Christopher compares the moment of meditation to that swift reset in the middle.
Why are there so many different meditation practices?
Christopher says the many practices and approaches are all seeking to help you learn the same skill: to release and to let go into your current lived experience in an immersive way. When you do, sometimes that flash of a reset happens. Types of Meditation maps several of these practices.