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Insight meditation treats thoughts as obstacles to understanding the truth

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Rather than thinking your way to the truth, this method suggests your thoughts are actually the main obstacle. By quietly observing the transient nature of every feeling and idea that arises, you slowly realize none of them permanently matter. It is a rigorous mental workout that ultimately trains you to ignore your own internal monologue completely.

Insight meditation treats thoughts as obstacles to understanding the truth
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