Meditation helps you lean away from a conditioned mind and allows the meditator to discover his mind's true and original nature. Effective meditation requires a calm and attentive mind, free of unnecessary thoughts and images except the thought you are meditating on and the image you are focusing towards. The four key hurdles to attaining an effective state of meditation are: restlessness, laziness, thoughts and images. These hurdles prevent the meditator from experiencing the natural state of mind. Unfortunately, once a meditator is used to meditating in the wrong way, it requires much effort to go back and fix the incorrect methods. <br /> <br />Often, people begin their meditation session and feel relaxed, almost lethargic and mistakenly believe this feeling to be adequate meditation. On the other hand, a meditator may also feel restlessness and experience a trail of thought or images. Both of these experiences do not identify with lucid meditation. A true meditator is alert, but focused on one thing and one thing only. There is no lethargy, but neither is there restlessness. One must be able to achieve a balance of the mind, fueled by concentration and effort. <br /> <br />To learn more about these hurdles and the tools to overcome them, listen to this discourse.
