 All right, what's up guys I'm back with a new video and today our friend who is we're gonna remain anonymous has sent in a question saying when you meditate What do you think about? Okay, so he's obviously asking when I practice my meditation? What am I supposed to actually focus on? Internally in my mind whilst I'm doing my meditation and this is a great question because sometimes when you start to meditate You don't really know what you're supposed to do You just sort of sit there Maybe you practice deep breathing or you start focusing on something and then all these thoughts start coming into your mind from all Over the place and you don't know what you're supposed to focus on you don't know what you're supposed to think Okay, so this video is gonna. Hopefully explain that to you the goal of meditation is not really a tangible Setting stone thing it really depends on what you want to get out of it and what you hope to achieve So for example with lucid dreaming the goal of meditation would be to be more self-aware To be more focused on your surroundings and to be more grounded in the moment, okay? So I know this is like a sort of cliche answer But it's true and when I murder when I meditate for lucid dreaming and I'm not really focused on a particular thing or an idea Unless I've got for example a particular lucid dreaming goal that I want to achieve that night But if I'm just meditating in the morning, I'll just focus on my breath So I'll do the the basic meditation where you count from one to ten You count one with the in-breath and two with the out-breath up to the when you get to ten and you start again at one and This is the the most basic meditation. I've found and it's very effective as well But in terms of having something to think about It's a good idea to explain this so when you meditate, especially if you're a beginner You're you'll sit down and you'll maybe you've read an article saying to deep breathe breathe deeply And to focus on something maybe set a timer for 10 20 minutes and then that's that and you'll find that when you start this One of the first things that will happen is you'll start thinking about everything. You won't be able to keep your mind still As Alan Watts described it. It seems to be like a monkey always jumping up and down and jabbering and so the goal at the start is to sort of quiet that monkey and to sort of Not think about anything or if you do think about things not to focus on and this is really important So when all these thoughts are coming into your mind Don't interact with them, but rather just sort of imagine yourself sitting back and observing them Without any sort of judgment at all. So say if you have a thought about oh, I need to make so-and-so for dinner I need to go and meet my friend later on Observe these thoughts in your mind, but don't interact with them Don't stress about them. Don't think oh, what am I gonna wear? Where am I gonna go? What time do I need to leave and get ready? What do I need to cook? How do I need to prepare the food? Don't think about any of that stuff. Just in just be How to describe it a Watchful observer. Just just look at the thoughts happening in your mind And don't interact with them in any way. Just let them happen. Just let them sort of wash over you And this is the best way to start and then once you get more Once you've had more practice in it once you've done meditation for a few weeks You can then start to focus on particular things so you can for example think about your goals in life You can focus on your emotions. You can focus on you know Think things like you can do body scanning Okay, and body scanning is actually a great one for lucid dreaming Especially if you do this right before you go to sleep and it's basically a waking juice lucid dream That's the basis of the technique. You're gonna lay there focus on your breathing Essentially, you're meditating and you're gonna let the feelings wash over you and you're gonna scan your body from top to bottom And relax all of your muscle groups. This is essentially a wake back a waking juice lucid dream So in terms of what to think about when you meditate There isn't really a set in stone answer for that because it's different for everyone and it's different depending on what you want to do So I hope this is answer your question And It's not a great answer But it's kind of a difficult question to answer because meditation is different for everyone So at the start I would advise not to really focus on thinking about anything in particular Just let the thoughts happen and they will because you know, you can't really silence your mind Especially the star it's difficult to do your mind is constantly used to having lots of thoughts coming into it and interacting with those thoughts But the goal of meditation at the start And for me in general actually is to just let these thoughts happen And not interact with them. Just let them happen and just that's that And you'll find that after doing this for a few days a few weeks You won't be as caught up in things as you used to be things that would normally have stressed you will just be okay You'll just be absolutely fine with them, you know, you could for example, you could lose a job and If you've been practicing meditation it really won't affect you as much as it might have done if you didn't practice meditation Because you're just more aware of the big picture You're more aware of how important this will be in five years time, you know and you can just let these things wash over you and Choose this is the important thing you can choose what you let affect you and where to spend your emotional energy So I hope this is answered your question If you have a question, please go ahead and email it to your contact at howtolucid.com If you enjoy these videos, please go ahead and support me on patreon. You can go to patreon.com forward slash howtolucid There is also a link in the description here And yeah, I'll see you in the next video All right, what's up guys? I'm back with a new video and today our friend who is we're gonna remain anonymous Has sent in a question saying when you meditate, what do you think about? Okay, so he's obviously asking when I practice my meditation What am I supposed to actually focus on? Internally in my mind whilst I'm doing my meditation and this is a great question because sometimes when you start to meditate You don't really know what you're supposed to do you just sort of sit there Maybe you practice deep breathing or you start focusing on something and then all these thoughts start coming into your mind from all Over the place and you don't know what you're supposed to focus on you don't know what you're supposed to think Okay, so this video is gonna hopefully explain that to you the goal of meditation is not really a tangible Setting stone thing it really depends on what you want to get out of it and what you hope to achieve So for example with lucid dreaming the goal of meditation would be to more to be more self-aware To be more focused on your surroundings and to be more grounded in the moment. Okay, so I know this is like a sort of cliche answer But it's true and when I murder when I meditate for lucid dreaming and I'm not really focused on a particular thing or an idea Unless I've got for example a particular lucid dreaming goal that I want to achieve that night But if I'm just meditating in the morning, I'll just focus on my breath So I'll do the the basic meditation where you count from one to ten You count one with the in breath and then two with the out breath up to the when you get to ten and you start again at one and This is the the most basic meditation I've found and it's very effective as well But in terms of having something to think about It's a good idea to explain this so when you meditate, especially if you're a beginner You're you'll sit down and you'll maybe you've read an article saying to deep breath breathe deeply And to focus on something maybe set a timer for 10 20 minutes And then that's that and you'll find that when you start this One of the first things that will happen is you'll start thinking about everything. You won't be able to keep your mind still As Alan Watts described it It seems to be like a monkey always jumping up and down and jabbering and so the goal at the start is to sort of quiet that monkey and to sort of Not think about anything or if you do think about things not to focus on them and this is really important So when all these thoughts are coming into your mind Don't interact with them But rather just sort of imagine yourself sitting back and observing them Without any sort of judgment at all So say if you have a thought about oh, I need to make so and so for dinner. I need to go and meet my friend later on Observe these thoughts in your mind, but don't interact with them. Don't don't stress about them Don't think oh, what am I gonna wear? Where am I gonna go? What time do I need to leave and get ready? What do I need to cook? How do I need to prepare the food? Don't think about any of that stuff just in just be a How to describe it a Watchful observer just just look at the thoughts happening in your mind and don't interact with them in any way Just let them happen. Just let them sort of wash over you And this is the best way to start and then once you get more Once you've had more practice in it once you've done meditation for a few weeks You can then start to focus on particular things so you can for example think about your goals in life You can focus on your emotions You can focus on you know Think things like you can do body scanning Okay, and body scanning is actually a great one for lucid dreaming Especially if you do this right before you go to sleep and it's basically a waking juice lucid dream That's the basis of the technique. You're gonna lay there focusing your breathing Essentially, you're meditating and you're gonna let the feelings wash over you and you're gonna scan your body from top to bottom And relax all of your muscle groups. This is essentially a wake back a waking juice lucid dream So in terms of what to think about when you meditate There isn't really a set in stone answer for that because it's different for everyone and it's different depending on what you want to do So I hope this is an answer your question It's not a great answer But it's kind of a difficult question to answer because meditation is different for everyone So at the start I would advise not to really focus on thinking about anything in particular Just let the thoughts happen and they will because you know, you can't really silence your mind Especially at the start it's difficult to do your mind is constantly used to having lots of thoughts coming into it and interacting with those thoughts But the goal of meditation at the start And for me in general actually is to just let these thoughts happen And not interact with them. Just let them happen. I'm just that's that And you'll find that after doing this for a few days a few weeks You won't be as caught up in things as you used to be things that would normally have stressed you Will just be okay. You'll just be absolutely fine with them you know, you could for example, you could lose a job and If you've been practicing meditation, it really won't affect you as much as it might have done if you didn't practice meditation Because you're just more aware of the big picture. You're more aware of how important this will be in five years time you know, and you can just let these things wash over you and Choose this is the important thing you can choose what you let affect you and where to spend your emotional energy So I hope this is answered your question If you have a question, please go ahead and email it to contact at how to lucid.com if you enjoy these videos Please go ahead and support me on patreon. You can go to patreon.com forward slash how to lucid There is also a link in the description here And yeah, I'll see you in the next video