Meditation is a marathon, not a sprint.

The wall of "I don't know if this is correct."

Many people quit within two to three weeks, but change awaits just beyond that point.

When people start meditating, there are certain points where they commonly stumble.

I don't know if this is correct.

I'll try it for three days. Nothing happens. I'll try it for a week. Still, nothing happens. I don't encounter the "state of nothingness" or "sense of unity" described in the book. Instead, distracting thoughts keep coming up. I start to think it might not be for me.

And stop.

The timing to "quit" is actually almost decided. Statistically, the vast majority of people quit within two to three weeks. And a little further along, the first small change awaits. It's a place that can be reached with just a little more effort, but many people turn back.

Meditation is a marathon.

In the first month, nothing changes—you only notice it six months or a year later.

The important thing in meditation: meditation is not a sprint, it is a marathon.

You have a profound experience in an instant and feel like you understand. That's just the beginning of meditation. The true effects of meditation start to emerge after accumulating days where you feel nothing. The first month may bring almost no change. After six months, you'll have more moments where you notice your own changes. After a year, you'll realize something within you has quietly shifted.

For example, one day you might suddenly realize you're no longer annoyed when someone cuts in front of you on the train. Or one morning, you wake up five minutes earlier than usual and feel inexplicably lighter. You see someone's angry face and, where you once instinctively flinched, you can now observe them calmly. These small changes are less a direct effect of meditation and more evidence that meditation has seeped into your daily life.

Therefore, those daily 5 minutes actually hold a deep meaning.

It doesn't have to go well. It doesn't have to be proper meditation. Just sit every day. Breathe. Give yourself five minutes.

I want to call this act "pineal gland survival confirmation."

Confirmation of pineal gland vitality

To check if the quiet, deep part of you is still alive today.

The pineal gland is a small organ located in the center of the brain. It has been considered the seat of intuition and spirituality since ancient times. In modern science, it is known as the organ that secretes melatonin.

But here, I'd like you to take it as a metaphor. No one meditates by knowing the exact location of their pineal gland.

It is the quiet, deep part within you. The part we forget when we are overwhelmed by daily life. The task is to check if that part is still alive today. That is daily meditation.

I don't need much progress. I don't need great enlightenment either.

I just ask myself every day, "Am I still alive?"

Only those who continue doing it will one day stand before a door that can take them to a truly deep place.

Continue incomplete meditation a thousand times

Imperfect accumulations nurture everything more than perfect ones.

It's fine to start with the casual approach of 1,000 imperfect meditations rather than one perfect meditation.

This is a principle that applies not only to meditation but to most important things in life. Muscle training, language learning, musical instruments, relationships. All grow through the imperfect accumulation of daily efforts. Meditation cannot be an exception to this.

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