Think less think better

# 天天用英语之写作30篇# No.4

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To be fair, we all fail to experience life to the fullest. Typically, our minds are too occupied with thoughts to allow complete immersion even in what is right in front of us. Too often we eat meals without tasting them, look at something beautiful without seeing it. An entire exchange with my good friends (please forgive me) can take place without my being there at all.

In everyday life, you may find yourself “loading” your mind in various ways: memorizing a list of groceries to buy later at the supermarket,rehearsing the name of someone you just met so you don’t forget it, practicing your script before giving a speech in public. I always wander my mind when I am reading a book , talking with my friends and eating my dinner. But what drives me crazy is that I   cannot experience my pleasure when I  am  running  even watching a movie . Because there are often many things undone , and I just keep them in mind and cannot be present.

So how to  unburden the load on your mind?

Maybe a week of silence at a vipassana meditation (内观禅修） retreat. Being silent for a week, and trying to empty your mind of thought .Just slow your breath and keep the focus on your breath . I do  meditation mostly before I sleep , which could make me forget everything unhappy and miserable ,then I feel comfortable and my heart is in peace. Next,   My thoughts — when I returned to the act of thinking about something rather than nothing — were fresher and more surprising.

It is clear to me that this ancient meditative practice helps free the mind to have richer experiences of the present.Honing an ability to unburden the load on your mind, be it through meditation or some other practice, can bring with it a wonderfully magnified experience of the world — and, as our study suggests, of your own mind.