~How to clear your mind~

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Originally Posted by Fiddle

Yeah... I used to think I was good at this, until I started thinking back one day, and realized the entire time I was THINKING about not thinking. Be sure you're not doing the same thing in a deeper part of your mind! If you wait a bit and think back, you might realize you were doing the same thing. I'm not sure what a blank mind would seem like, but it seems quite difficult if not impossible. I mean... when you're listening to something you seem to blank out, but in reality you're comprehending it, which is sort of like thinking about it. So using music or sounds to drown out your thoughts doesn't really count...

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I'm just talking about using sounds as practice.

Nice method! As you said the hardest part is to pass from "breathe" to "nothing"...

What I usually do to stop the initial rush of thoughts is while I breathe in I imagine a light enter my mind and while I breathe out all my thoughts are dragged by that light. It works wonders :)