meditate regularly

everyone was required to meditate at least ten minutes each day. Imagine how much the out of control world would slow down… imagine how much less we would see that hurry up and get there attitude we see every day.

A major accident happened this weekend outside the Renaissance Faire where I’m working this summer. One out of control and speeding motorcyclist (who was high on drugs…) interefered with a van full of people on their way to visit the faire. It was a family of four with a little girl the same age as my daughter. All five of them died. I know there is nothing that can stand in the way of fate, and especially not death. We all die in the end, but all I could think about was why this kid on the cycle was in such a hurry… and if there was an afterthought of reflection where he got to ask himself if it was worth it. Morbid… depressing… yes, but I really feel that the self-awareness that comes through meditation could cut this needless wasting of life in half.

TIME TO MAKE THIS AN EVERYDAY RITUAL! Sometimes life steps in and makes the laziness kick out important things like meditation.

Back on the wagon.

yesterday and today, but I’m going to remedy that by meditating before I go to bed. I had such a fantastic meditation both Thursday and Friday night, but with everyone home and going to bed at the same time on the weekends, it seems like everything falls into the shuffle.

meditation has helped change my typical reactions to things. In the past, when something wasn’t going right for me, I would have taken it personally, like the world was working against me. Since I’ve started meditating regularly my reaction to these types of things is more peaceful. I truly believe that everything happens as it shood. They are all lessons, moments in time meant to influence the final outcome.

I’m still going strong with the nightly meditations before bed, and with the amount of stress one accumulates through the day it’s a blessing to be able to meditate before bed. Last night I hit a record 20 minutes with simply breathing and imagining the ocean. It was bliss and I slept like a baby. This morning I wasn’t able to meditate the way I usually do. But I plan to make up for it later this afternoon.

I started out this morning with a brief meditation. Unless I close my bedroom door, it feels that it’s nearly impossiblt to meditate with my puppy out in his crate screaming his head off that he has to go wee. So I took about 5-6 minutes this morning and meditated as soon as I woke up. It was probably one of the more clear meditations I’ve done lately, as my mind wasn’t abuzz with all the chatter of a long day. I now feel peaceful and full of clarity as I begin my day taking care of tasks that would normally take me all day to remember to take care of.

I know this image is very important now, as it has appeared to me twice in two days. The first appearance was in a dream, where I dreamed that I was to enter into a house that had been buried in the earth. The second was tonight during my meditation. Each time I would begin to lose focus on my breathing technique (which I’ve been using to control willy-nilly thoughts,) I was led to a hole in the earth that seemed both welcoming and frightening. I would have probably passed it off as mind-chatter had I not had a dream with the same significant imagery just two nights past.

I have a feeling it is time for me to go deeper. What else could it mean?

So I’ve begun doing nightly meditation, just before bed, and I’ve started small, but how else does one begin a monumental lifestyle change, but at the beginning? I’ve been doing a breathing focus meditation so that I can practice keeping my mind on track. It’s been helping a great deal and each meditation has been lasting for about 7-10 minutes.

I realized each morning after waking that I had slept more peacefully and woke with a rejuvenated feeling that had been lacking before. Hoorah for meditation.

that the more I meditate, the more clarity with which I think. While I have not regularly integrated this into my life, I have been doing it more often and I feel better about absolutely everything.

if silent, alone time for hours in the car counts as a form of meditation. Anyone?