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Stop Trying To Clear Your Mind (Do This Instead) #shorts #anxiety #lifestylemedicine #harvard #mom

13 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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Meditation isn't about clearing your mind. It's about noticing when your thoughts drift. The Tibetan word gom means becoming familiar with your mind, not emptying it.

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In fact, if you notice it, if you notice your mind going off, that's part of the meditation itself. Remember in class we talked about, now 10 years ago, do you remember 10 years ago we talked about the word gom, G-O-M in Tibetan? Gom is, it just means meditation in Tibetan, but it really means getting familiar with your mind, your thoughts. So when you said before, Like how you would notice your thoughts racing, that's even beyond the general non-noticing of thoughts, right? Like you're already starting to notice your thoughts.