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by 3beard 4125 days ago
> I'm sure I would gain a lot by being able to shut my mind up at times

There is nothing much more to understand. The single best piece of advice I ever got came from an Indian guru named Muktananda who said "Meditation is not very difficult and meditation is not very easy". That is, you need to find a balance between trying too hard and not trying hard enough.