What is Meditation? With so many common misconceptions about meditation, it might be better to clarify what meditation is NOT! Meditation is not relaxation. Relaxation is a natural process where the mind gets so tired of its own chatter that it just drops for a while. Though this may be a good way to get a glimpse of the no-mind state, it is not valuable in itself. We can come back from relaxation with exactly the same problems and prejudices we had before. Meditation, on the other hand, is a …