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I suspect that most people who have a meditation practice would disagree with this assertion.
Meditation only helps me be more aware of what the brain is doing / making me do. I can't control it and I'd argue that neither can anyone else. Free will in the common sense is an illusion.
I‘m refering the title with „control“ However, bringing thoughts & feelings into the direction you like to, compared to be just overwhelmed, is a sort of control.