Actually, in meditation, it is necessary to suppress distractions, but for some reason, in the world, there is a widespread teaching that "distractions do not need to be suppressed." This is a kind of "comfort" and is often a product of compromise. Indeed, it is true that "if you try to suppress distractions by thinking about them, you end up giving them energy and making them worse," but that doesn't mean you should just let distractions be. For some reason, many schools of thought in the world spread the strange idea that distractions should be left alone.

Ultimately, the goal is to suppress distractions. The purpose is to temporarily achieve a state of no thoughts, allowing the higher self to become dominant and open the door to higher dimensions. However, some people eventually forget this goal and become complacent in the "comfort" of "it's okay to have distractions," and end up dwelling in the chaos of distractions, continuously affirming the ego through self-affirming thoughts.

For relatively ordinary people, they may not be aiming for meditation or spiritual growth, so it can be said that this is a good story for those people. This can also be said to be an explanation for ordinary people, and it is necessary to prevent people who meditate from using the "it's okay to have distractions" as an excuse. This depends on the purpose of life. Even if you are not aiming for spiritual growth, everyone is free to live their lives as they please. However, if you are aiming for spiritual growth, you need to overcome such excuses.

Indeed, thinking too much about distractions can give them energy and increase them, so "suppressing distractions" can sometimes be counterproductive. However, that is a minor issue. When the ego uses such a minor issue as an excuse to "it's okay to have distractions," it is trying to deceive itself.

In this way, being made to believe that "it's okay to have distractions" even when you can't meditate is a trap of the ego. Another common trap is that the ego deceives itself with thoughts, trying to make you feel good with clever words like "I can meditate, I can meditate, I am meditating very well." This is a trap that beginners who are not very familiar with meditation often fall into. This state is not bad, and it is a path that almost everyone goes through. However, stories like "you don't need to suppress distractions. It's okay to have distractions" are nothing more than the ego deceiving itself. Therefore, instead of indulging in such nonsense, you should continue to advance in meditation, and the distractions will decrease. However, if you take such (ego-generated) lies seriously, you will affirm your current distractions and desires, and the ego will continue to be dominant.

The ego tries to manipulate you with sophisticated language, so you must be very careful and stay true to your purpose, otherwise you may fall into the trap of thinking, "This is okay. This is good enough as it is."

■Dealing with distractions and adjusting your aura are interconnected.

There are also these kinds of "this is okay" spiritual teachings, which are often pitfalls. When you join such groups, you may feel a sense of unease, and if you try to point out something that seems wrong, they will often use sophisticated language to affirm your current self, which can make you momentarily think, "Maybe that's right," but it is often just self-deception by people who are falling into a trap. This area is difficult to generalize because it depends on the situation, but there are also people who are justifying a life of desire through comfort. The path of meditation is a path where you gradually become aware of such traps, even if you are temporarily caught in them, and move towards the true essence.

Ultimately, distractions need to be suppressed, otherwise the awareness of the higher self will not easily emerge. If you become accustomed to it, the ordinary mind of the conscious mind and the higher consciousness of the higher self can coexist, but that is not the case from the beginning. If distractions are dominant and the awareness of the higher self has not yet emerged, then distractions need to be suppressed. Ultimately, there will be a state where distractions and thoughts do not need to be suppressed, but if you do nothing from the beginning, the teaching that "distractions do not need to be suppressed" will only be a source of comfort.

Ultimately, the basic principle of meditation is concentration, and the concept of "no thoughts, no desires" remains fundamental. If there are distractions, you first need to suppress them. If your energy is unstable, you need to suppress them, and if there is influence from others, you may need to block it. Alternatively, if the energy of others has been taken into your body (possessed), it may be necessary to "extract" it. As you adjust your aura in this way, distractions will decrease, and conflicts and anger will also subside. When you say "suppress," it may seem like you are simply dealing with thoughts, but thoughts and distractions are essentially energy or aura. By separating, blocking, or extracting the aura, you adjust the aura, and the distractions will change accordingly. They are not separate things.

As you meditate, a nucleus forms around your aura, and the influence from others gradually subsides. You become quite adept at noticing when you are being affected, and you can easily block, deflect, or withdraw from that influence. Adjusting your aura is necessary to suppress distracting thoughts.

Eventually, you reach a state of no thoughts and no desires. After the ordinary thoughts of the conscious mind subside, the higher self's higher consciousness emerges.