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# Meditation can be understood as the recovery of...
> Meditation can be understood as the recovery of attentional authorship. By noticing what enters the mind and releasing what does not serve the chosen center, a person learns that a thought can be observed without becoming a command.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Concentration, Decision, and the Recovery of Agency - Workbook|Concentration, Decision, and the Recovery of Agency]]
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“Meditation can be understood as the recovery of attentional authorship. By noticing what enters the mind and releasing what does not serve the chosen center, a person learns that a thought can be observed without becoming a command.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-meditation-understood-recovery-without-becoming-command
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