The same question I keep asking myself on a daily basis, after so much talth, I realized that it just because of the problems we have in our Hearts that we find it difficult to meditate.
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Before I continue, let's look at what meditation is. According to an advanced dictionary, "meditation is to engage in contemplation or reflection. He meditated long and hard before announcing his decision. 2 : to engage in mental exercise (such as concentration on one's breathing or repetition of a mantra) for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness". Now looking at the definition and it's explanation, it is all about the mind's reflection, thinking, reasoning deep inside our mind. Problem, environment distraction ( noise) gives us one of the greatest reasons why we find it difficult to meditate. There is no silence for us to meditate at all. In our room when you want to meditate, our neighbors are either playing music on a loud volume, the generator is disturbing. ( as I am writing this now my neighbor generator is on which is distracting me but there is nothing I can do). Okay it's fine, someone will say " why can't you leave your house to a quiet place like a river, mountains or possibly in a bush. But even there, weather disturbance, airplanes will pass and still disturb you with noise.
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Secondly, our minds are not at rest. We are always distracted by other thoughts and what we are to meditate on, we find it difficult to do. I am the kind of person that prays in my heart, while meditating, most times if I start, other thoughts far away from my prayer point will start coming into my Head, and for me to pray and meditate well will be difficult one for me.
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Thirdly, technology has reduced our sense of reasoning, we no longer think, we believe whatever problem we are looking for we can get it on line, we are being distracted with our phones, laptops etc. I recall back then when we were still growing up, nothing like phone , no easy access to computer, when an assignment is given to us, we will go home sit think , meditate on it very well, but today technology has taking over, we no longer reason, think, any questions given to us , strength Google will find the answer and sent to us. Whenever we have a problem , for us to sit and meditate on the problem , we will get our earpiece, connect to our phone and start playing music on a loud volume , convincing ourselves that it reduces much thinking. We title it " I can't kill myself" .
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Even Reading the word of God ,Bible or Quran is a problem, I recall I visit a friend of mine, which we spent a night together , in the morning he did his morning prayer, praises , when it was time for him to read the Bible , He pick up his earpiece, and guess what?. He opened the Bible in his phone , played it and it was reading why he was listening to it. And at the same time he was replying to people's messages online . So to me I suggest that those are the reasons why people find it difficult to meditate.