Meditation

Imagine you are walking along a crowded platform in a train station.

You know that where you want to go to is the other end of the platform where
your train is waiting. You don't stop and talk to anyone on the way. If you
did you would be delayed. You would fail to arrive at your train if you
interacted with everyone on a platform that is continuously filled with new
people. Meditation is exactly like this. Just as you cannot empty the
platform of people just because you have a train to catch, you cannot just
empty your mind of all thoughts just because you want to get to the
destination (goal) or seat of your inner peace. Not at least until you are
able to practise meditation correctly.

Remind yourself that you are not your thoughts, you are not your feelings,
you are not your memories, you are not any of the voices in your head. You
are the creator and they your creation, but they are not you. In fact they
represent a platform of absolute strangers.