do you have to clear your mind to meditate

https://www.themindfulcounselor.me/blog/do-you-have-to-clear-your-mind-to-meditate

Myths about meditation float around like stubborn dust in a sunbeam. You try to brush them away, yet they drift right back. People hear meditation and imagine monks on mountaintops, their legs twisted neatly while their thoughts vanish into emptiness