On Meditation & Our Thoughts

Meditation is often misunderstood as a practice to stop thinking entirely. In truth, the goal isn’t to eliminate thoughts but to change how we relate to them. Instead of being controlled by our thoughts, meditation teaches us to observe them without attachment.

Think of your mind as a sky and thoughts as passing clouds. Meditation helps us recognize that we are the sky—vast and steady—while thoughts come and go like clouds. The practice doesn’t seek to silence the mind but to create space between thoughts and our reactions. This space allows us to respond to life with intention rather than be swept away by automatic thinking.

Through regular meditation, thoughts lose their grip over time. They still arise, but they no longer control how we feel or act. We learn that just because we have a thought doesn’t mean it defines us.

The power of meditation lies in this realization: we are not our thoughts—we are the awareness behind them. And in this awareness, we find true freedom and peace.

~Lindsay and MCW