Hi Jason!

Really great article as usual. The point of meditation is to bring the body and mind to stillness right? Thoughts may (probably will in my own experience) continue but the point is to not attach to those thoughts - to let them surface and dissipate. At the same time, don't you sometimes have realizations or find clarity during your meditation practice? So it's not like "nothing" happens. Maybe it's an awakening or activation of the right brained thinking alluded to in your discussion with Ng Kok Song when the left brain usually dominates? I guess what I'm asking is can the mind be quieted and activated at the same time, something that may sound contradictory initially?

Rob