T. Harv Eker says most people spend 95% of their time thinking about the past or future instead of the present moment. He walks through a breath practice and explains that meditation is really just training your mind to come back when it wanders. The power is in staying here.
Let me tell you what I believe is the most powerful element of meditation. Are you ready? Here it is. It allows you to come back to the present moment. Allows you to be present. Allows you to stay present. Then what happens? Your mind starts to chatter. And what do you do? Well, you focus on what? Here's an easy way to meditate. Focus on what? Your what? You're hopefully not going to be panting. Your breath. You focus on your breath. Why do I love meditating? As in just simply watching your breath come in and come out. Do that with me. In and out. Close your eyes. Breathing in. And breathe out. Okay. You just meditated. That's all there is to it. There's nothing else to do. All right. What is the second most important part is the exercise? Building your mind. Muscle of coming back from out of the present. Past and future. Mostly future. Back to the present. 95% of us are 95% in the future or in the past. We're not in the present. Very, very challenging to stay there. Yes or yes. So we've got to get back to the present. But it's hard. Why is it hard? Because we're not good at it. That's why. Our habit. The habit for our mind is to be in the future for most of us. What do we have to do? What will I do? How am I handling it? The number one secret. Number one of all of them. Quiet your mind. And how do you do that? Be present.
