I'm often asked how to stop thoughts as we meditate. Here I reflect on ways we can cut through thoughts by using simple methods, such as saying "thinking" as we notice a thought in meditation, or "thoughts are not facts" as we notice the mind weaving together a worry or anxiety.

There is also the more esoteric approach of recognising that we need to 'wake up' to the emptiness of all thoughts. We can remember that the true nature of our mind is Buddha Nature, so rather than trying to get to a place where we are calm and clear, we relax into the state of ease that has never left us.

This is a non-duality approach to meditation and mindfulness were you are invited to find the middle way between rejecting and grasping at thoughts, ideas and identities.