*pretends to be Kylie Minogue* I just can't get you outta my head...
Okay, this will sound silly, but you need a "brainwipe" song. That's a song that you sing to yourself or listen to, and it wipes out whatever song was in your head, BUT it doesn't stick, itself. Ones that I've found to work are:
R. O. C. K. in the U. S. A.
The Mighty Quinn
Valleri
There are probably others, so experiment.
Okay, that being said (and it really does work to get stuff out of your head), you might consider using a mantra of some sort when you meditate. This can be almost anything. It doesn't have to be a word, it can just be a rhythmic sound. It can be a short phrase. What you do is get the mantra you want to use and just say it over and over quietly in your head. Really feel the sounds of the word, all of the consonants, vowels, syllables, etc. Really let it fill your head. Just over and over and over. When something else pops into your head, just very gently put it aside and return your attention to the mantra.
See if that helps.
I actually like to listen to music while meditating. I use a good set of headphones and I deliberately choose music that doesn't have words, or which has chantlike sounds (I actually have a few CDs of chants of various kinds just for this purpose), and then I let it fill my head. I find that the music doesn't interfere with my ability to go into a trance at all, and it gives a focal point for my all-too-frequently wandering mind.
May the light surround you, may you be blessed. May the light surround us, may we be blessed. May love and light surround us all, and may we all be healed and blessed. And so it is, and so it shall be, now and ever after.
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