| How often have you felt forgetful or seem to | | | | the mind begin to dissipate and clarity arises, |
| have lost your short-term memory? You know | | | | that's the same thing as the particles of dust in |
| the feeling I'm talking about. You start losing your | | | | the muddy water beginning to settle. Only when |
| attention, feel spacey, and there's a problem with | | | | the dust particles begin to settle can an individual |
| focusing on the tasks at hand. | | | | see the separate particles clearly. |
| Did you know that meditation can help you cut | | | | That's what's happening when you first begin to |
| down on "brain fog" like this? If you learn how to | | | | notice all the wandering thoughts in your head. If |
| meditate, over time, it helps you to clear your | | | | you keep meditating with practice and |
| mind and cut down on states of mental stupor. | | | | determination, soon these wandering thoughts will |
| Because meditation involves learning to let go of | | | | settle and your mind will reach a state of clarity |
| the thoughts that run around in your head, with | | | | that it has never before experienced. |
| practice you can learn to let go of the state of | | | | So how can this help you with brain fog? |
| unclarity that arises in your mind that meditators | | | | Sometimes nutritional deficiencies cause brain fog |
| call dullness, brain fog or stupor. Naturally it takes | | | | such as low levels of vitamin B12, magnesium or |
| some practice order to achieve this ability with | | | | amino acids. If you drink too many artificial |
| proficiency. Nevertheless, it's well worth the effort | | | | sweeteners this can also cause brain fog too. If |
| because that's the purpose of meditation in the | | | | there is an overgrowth of Candida in the gut, this |
| first place. | | | | is also often a major culprit responsible for brain |
| The cardinal rule of meditation is to let go of your | | | | fog. In fact, that is probably the number one |
| thoughts, but to maintain awareness of | | | | cause of mental fogginess other than eating |
| everything that goes on in your mind while letting | | | | foods to which you are allergic. Caprylic acid, |
| your mind give rise to thoughts freely. When | | | | candisol, oregacillin and other supplements can help |
| people start to watch their mind this way, at first | | | | get rid of the Candida problem for good. |
| the mind starts to get clearer and they reach a | | | | Let's put these causes aside, though of course |
| realm of mental clarity. But after this initial spurt | | | | you must investigate them and others. If we rule |
| of progress, it actually seems like their mind is | | | | out these various causes and attack the problem |
| becoming busier than ever before and more | | | | from the basis of mind, to combat mental |
| confused than they've ever known it to be. This | | | | unclarity you need to let go of your thoughts |
| is not actually a step backwards but a step | | | | while watching your mind and in time it will |
| forwards, and people who think they are | | | | become clearer with practice. This is called |
| retrogressing when this happens are actually | | | | vipassana in some meditation schools, or |
| misinterpreting their stage of achievement. | | | | "cessation and watching." You simply observe |
| What is actually happening at this point in time is | | | | your mind, and in time its busy nature ceases, |
| that the mind is becoming clearer and you are | | | | and "brain fog" along with it. You just detach from |
| just beginning to see its inner workings for the | | | | it when it arises, and maintain clarity until it passes. |
| very first time, but you mistake that clarity for | | | | That's how meditation can help free you from |
| extra busyness. For instance, meditation teachers | | | | confusion for good. Want to learn how to |
| often compare our wandering "monkey mind" | | | | meditate? Go visit for free lessons. |
| with a glass of muddy water. As the thoughts in | | | | |