Understanding the calming one minds is a journey...as is Buddhism...how...at the beginning did you train yourself to clear and calm your mind...?

Years of trying to control my meditations, trying to envision, trying to sit properly, trying to FIGHT the thoughts...at the point of exhaustion it was evident that letting go would be the solution.

Upon reflection if I was to speak of training per se I would say that sitting in a quiet space and envisioning did help and the struggles of meditation never cease. But as our practice evolves we come to peace with the way the mind works and adjust the focus of thought. (Ex. instead of playing ficticious conversations in my head, I think of the bliss of life and my interconnectedness to all...an understanding that divine thoughts help clear all the idle chatter of the mind).