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Meditation is one of the best practices that you can inculcate in your daily life. There are numerous mental, physical and emotional benefits of meditating on a regular basis.

Many studies have been conducted that show that there are indeed benefits to meditating. However, you don't need them to tell you that it really "feels" good to meditate often. The calming effects have been experienced by all.

But then, why does our mind hate meditating so much? Why do so many people find it impossible to do? Why is it that the same mind that knows that meditation is good, also does not want to do it?

The answer is quite a simple one. And it has to do with the very nature of our mind. It is important to understand why this happens so that we can work towards improving it.

# Taming The Mind
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It is in the nature of the brain to think. Just as how it is in the nature of the stomach to digest food. When it analyses past events, tries to find solutions to present problems or tries to plan for the future, it is simply doing its job.

When you meditate, you are essentially asking your mind to not do its job. And unlike most people, it is not happy when you ask it to not work. It LOVES thinking. That's why we keep thinking one thing or the other, non-stop. Some experts say that we have as much as 80,000 thoughts per day!

That is about 3300 thoughts an hour. I don't know about you but to me, that looks like A LOT. This means that the brain works tirelessly. It would be a good thing if all those thoughts were focused on something productive. But most of the time, our thoughts are random and nonsensical. I mean, how many times have you caught yourself thinking about the randomest of things that have absolutely no value?

Meditation tries to tame the brain. It tries to calm your mind and stop it from doing what it loves doing. Naturally, the brain hates this. But, there is a part of the mind that knows what's best for you. It is this part that we often like to ignore. Because most often, things that are not good for us, are also things that are fun. And who doesn't like to have fun?

But, if we can be disciplined enough to listen to the wise part of the brain that knows what's best for us, we would go a long way in transforming our lives for the better. Maybe then we could even learn to meditate effortlessly.