In the quest for body and mental health, meditation has long been heralded as a go-to practice. However, instead of meditating, consider shutting down your mind instead.
In meditation, before starting, the mind is recognized as having as many thoughts as it wants, with no control possible by the thinker.
Meditation is the effort of ceasing those too many thoughts, by focusing on a few of those many thoughts, reducing the number of random thoughts.
Eventually one develop the skill to focus on only one thought for as long as one wants to.
Meditation comes once the person chooses a thought (most likely on God) and focus the thinking on just that one holly thought and that way one gains an true understanding of the universe, a union, a yoga between the self, with the universe through the mind. All this does is it brings peace to the holder of such an deep understanding. The Pope is one example. Prayer does that focusing so do mantras.
The problem is that a person that want to silence the mind is not going to go search for God every time. Too deep.
Instead, our approach is rooted in the principles of a mental shutdown. We advocate that a calm mind comes not from focused mindfulness, but from giving the body and mind a comprehensive break from all active processes.
We explore the concept of systemic shutdown, examining its potential benefits, the physiological mechanisms behind it, and its implications for holistic health and wellness.
By shifting the focus from traditional meditation to a state of total rest, we open the door to new possibilities for supporting health and longevity.