Did you try restarting?

In our completely technology-driven society, most people have learned the beauty of restarting. An iPhone, a computer, a wireless router-- it seems that 99% of problems with most devices can be solved just by resetting. The reasons behind this, I do not know. The results, I am quite familiar with. 


The brain seems to work in a similar fashion. And why shouldn't it? We are the ones inventing technology, so it only makes sense that the functions would mimic those of our brains. Sometimes just hitting the reset button can also solve most of our issues and work out the bugs in the mental system. 


So how do you restart? For me it means shutting my brain off for a while through meditation. To get into a state off meditation is somewhat of a process still in refinement for me-- I have to move before I can be still-- so I move my body and focus on my breath, which shifts the focus from mind to body. Once the mind is quieted and some excess energy is burned off, I can sit in silence. That silence is my reboot. The mind is quiet, the screen goes dark, everything stops spinning for at least a few moments. 


When I open my eyes, it's like the system has started fresh. So when the mind seems to be plagued by glitches and is suffering from an unknown malfunction, remember: depress the button, breathe, release.