Meditation ~ How it Began

How meditation usually begins is important to note, as to if that initial condition of mind improved over the past days, weeks or years. Is the beginning point still the same as it was a year ago or five years ago; or for newcomers, five days ago.

Do you ever stop to consider this?

Does it matter?

What it the mood of the mind when you sit to meditate?

Does it want to rehash the latest issues?

Does it want to dig into memory and retrieve old juicy circumstances which it can ponder, hash and rehash, over and over?

Does it want to drum up new feelings of comfort and happiness?

Does it want to pretend that it is a second fully enlightened Buddha?

Does the mind hash over old ideas, memories and current issues at first but only for a short period, say about five minutes. Then all by itself, it leaves that aside and enters a meditative state?