The ambition of Meditate.se is to describe, in a simple way, what stress is, why we become stressed, and how we can reduce our perceived stress.

The most common and efficient stress reduction techniques are simple, secular, scientifically validated exercises, without the need of special outfits or to sit in a funny position.

This website also brings simple explanations to concepts such as "to be in the present moment", "to breathe consciously", "to accept what is", and "meditation".

The individual web pages begin with a topic summary of the page, and it follows by a more detailed description with clear examples.

The pieces of text are regularly interspersed by quotes, which are connected to the current text. Some people find quotes to be helpful in understanding the text content. The quote below is an example of an insight that appeared to me during a meditation exercise.

"Stress cannot be perceived when focusing on something real in the now. Instead, stress is generated by the worry of what might happen in the future."

The overall theme of this website, is the importance of strengthening the newer parts of the brain (the cortex), through a certain everyday approach and through various exercises. Strengthening of a certain part of the brain occurs if the part is activated repeatedly. The more often the part is activated, the more enhanced it becomes. The brain keeps its energy consumption down, by prioritizing the reactivation of strengthened parts.
In our modern society, a more primitive part of the brain (the Limbic system) has been disproportionately strengthened. The Limbic system also known as "the Emotional Brain", constitutes the brain's stress center.
A strengthened cerebral cortex thus reduces the likelihood of experiencing stress, as its reactivation is prioritized over reactivation of the stress center.
The following web pages on this website will explain in more detail how all this works, as well as give suggestions on what can be done to reduce the likelihood of stress. Stress reduction provide room for increased creativity, increased ability to focus and a general increase of the quality of life.

In addition to Stress and Meditation, there is also a Science tab on the navigation bar, that contains a list of links to interesting information about the brain, that doesn't have a direct connection to stress or meditation
The Philosophy tab contains information from a personal development point of view. There you'll find information and experiences from literature, workshops and various courses.

All mental stress has a strong connection to fear. The fear of not being important enough, attractive enough, liked enough. The fear of being abandoned.
Stress is generated by the worry of what might happen in the future and it has its evolutionary origin in the fear of dying.
40.000 years ago it was a death sentence to be expelled from the tribe on the savannah. Each and everyone needed the support from the tribe to manage the harsh conditions in the wilderness and in order to remain in the tribe, they needed to proove that they were good enough to stay. Today, this fear of being excluded (with an associated unconscious fear of dying) can be linked to e.g. the number of likes in social media or the pursuit of status items, which are perceived to raise a person's status in society and thereby secure their position.
The brain's software hasn't changed in 40.000 years. It's still connected to a life on the savannah and thus programmed to generate stress at the slightest sign of danger, but since the life on the savannah were so different from our present way of living, the stress releases in today's society are many and greatly exaggerated.