I recently came across the Headspace app for meditation and found their analogies on meditation to be very good. Below are the videos in the rough order they are delivered when you go through the introduction to meditation. They are just over a minute each but very good at explaining why meditation is helpful and what happens within our minds regardless of meditation.

Changing Perspective:

Accepting the Mind:

Underlying Calm:

Letting Go of Effort:

Brilliant Things Happen in Calm Minds:

The Hole in the Road:

Meditation is Just Like Riding a Bicycle:

Why Focus on the Happiness of Others:

I hope you enjoyed watching these like I did. It certainly gave me an even deeper perspective on how our minds work and why meditation is so powerful.