#channel/bodhi-light-teachings  Depression starts with a negative thoughts. And it brings you lower and lower and lower until it takes hold of you. Your mind are full of these thoughts that overwhelm you. When you allow yourself to get to that point, it's very hard for you to get out. Chan meditation is a meditation discipline that trains you to recognize those negative thoughts a lot sooner before they snowball. So, they are a lot more manageable to deal with before you become a victim of your own negative thoughts. You develop skills to squash it, nip the problem at the buds.