Why meditation is a key to life.
This topic is both vast and deeply personal.
That’s why I’ve decided to start a series dedicated to Gnosticism, religion, and meditation, in their pure, undistorted forms.
Consider this post an introduction, just a glimpse into where my thoughts are heading.
I’m not even close to being advanced – in fact, I wouldn’t even call myself a proper beginner. But still, I’m convinced the world would be a better place if more people practiced meditation.
Why, you ask? I don’t have a scientific answer. But after doing it – inconsistently yet honestly – for around three years, I can feel what it does to my body, mind, and spirit.
Let’s be clear: there’s a huge difference between modern, trendy mindfulness and something closer to old-school, Buddha-like meditation. I’m not trying to sound superior, there are some truths in modern meditation. But once you get a glimpse of what true meditation can do to your spirit, you start to see how much of “modern spirituality” is shallow, ego-driven, and designed more for branding than inner work.
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Modern meditation as an extension of the ego.
Ego isn’t just about arrogance or having a high opinion of yourself. It’s much more subtle and pervasive. Ego is the constant sense of “me” — the inner narrator that claims ownership over every thought, emotion, and experience. It’s the identity that resists change, defends itself, wants to be right, seen, validated, or even admired for being humble. True spiritual work isn’t about lowering the ego. It’s about seeing through it and dissolving it.
I see the ego as millions of little voices in my head, each one fighting for attention. Anger, lust, laziness, pride… all battling to take the lead. Our mission in this life, in every life, is to dissolve that noise and see through the illusion. To stop identifying with the voices, and start noticing the one who listens.
Modern meditation is often just a shallow, distorted reflection of true meditation. Apps, manifestation rituals, courses, and “spiritual challenges” tend to feed the ego’s desire to feel seen, special, and in control. That’s the trap. There’s a huge difference between soothing the ego to make it stronger and actually letting it go.
True meditation is the answer to all of it. To see and to feel, without identifying. To observe every corner of your psyche and slowly dissolve it. There’s nothing to collect, nothing to accomplish. No right or wrong answers, only recognition, and love.
If this resonates with you, I highly recommend the True Meditation playlist on the Glorian YouTube channel.
https://m.youtube.com/@Glorian
