Many meditators have experienced the difficulty: you are trying to "meditate" and be present when you suddenly find yourself thinking. A typical instruction is to simply notice, "thinking" and then move back to being present.
Naming this activity, however, often leads the meditator to blame the thinking or label it "bad." Pema Chodron has remarked that we need to train with gentleness so that the noticing does not lead to strong Naming and then Blaming ourselves for not staying present.
"Oh, there I go again, I can't meditate, I keep thinking!" By naming the activity we have found ourselves blaming it and ourselves. Stop the madness!
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