Caffeine for the Soul with Michael Neill A Simple Metaphor for Meditation
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Sep 8, 2025 Struggling to meditate? Discover a refreshing metaphor that likens meditation to a bustling train station. Learn how to treat your thoughts like passing trains, allowing them to come and go without getting on board. This approach encourages embracing mental noise while fostering a sense of peace. Dive into the journey of finding that gentle quiet within, making meditation more accessible and enjoyable.
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You Are The Station
- Thoughts are like trains that arrive and depart from a station that you are, not the trains themselves.
- Recognizing yourself as the station prevents being carried away by any single train of thought.
Getting Swept Away By Thought Trains
- Michael Neill describes how people hop aboard trains of thought and get taken far from where they started.
- He gives examples like moving from checking a bank balance to imagining homelessness within a thought chain.
Choose Which Trains To Ride
- Do not try to ride every train of thought; only follow the ones that go where you want to go.
- Use the station perspective to allow thought without losing your present place.
