On his blog, gatesnotes.com, Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently wrote about meditation. It's something he and his wife do together, regularly. Here's what he says about his meditation practice and he he arrived at one:
Initially, meditation didn't interest him. "I knew that lots of other people were using meditation to achieve similar ends. But I wasn’t interested. I thought of meditation as a woo-woo thing tied somehow to reincarnation, and I didn’t buy into it."
He took a second look at meditation. "Lately, though, I’ve gained a much better understanding of meditation. I’m certainly not an expert, but I now meditate two or three times a week, for about 10 minutes each time. Melinda meditates too. Sometimes we sit to meditate together."
Sitting on a chair works best for his body. "We use comfortable chairs; there’s no way I could do the lotus position."
Meditation help him look at his thoughts and gain perspective. "I now see that meditation is simply exercise for the mind, similar to the way we exercise our muscles when we play sports. For me, it has nothing to do with faith or mysticism. It’s about taking a few minutes out of my day, learning how to pay attention to the thoughts in my head, and gaining a little bit of distance from them."
(read more at www.gatesnotes.com Why I'm Into Meditation)
Initially, meditation didn't interest him. "I knew that lots of other people were using meditation to achieve similar ends. But I wasn’t interested. I thought of meditation as a woo-woo thing tied somehow to reincarnation, and I didn’t buy into it."
He took a second look at meditation. "Lately, though, I’ve gained a much better understanding of meditation. I’m certainly not an expert, but I now meditate two or three times a week, for about 10 minutes each time. Melinda meditates too. Sometimes we sit to meditate together."
Sitting on a chair works best for his body. "We use comfortable chairs; there’s no way I could do the lotus position."
Meditation help him look at his thoughts and gain perspective. "I now see that meditation is simply exercise for the mind, similar to the way we exercise our muscles when we play sports. For me, it has nothing to do with faith or mysticism. It’s about taking a few minutes out of my day, learning how to pay attention to the thoughts in my head, and gaining a little bit of distance from them."
(read more at www.gatesnotes.com Why I'm Into Meditation)
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