meditate daily

I did a Primordial Sound Meditation Course in Dublin last weekend http://www.thehappinessbusiness.com/php/form.php?id=78

I’ve been meditating, on & off for over a decade, and my main failing is lack of discipline when I’m not meditating with other people.

The Primordial Sound Meditation is similar to TM in that it gives you a specific Mantra allocated according to your date & time of birth. The Mantra is “thought” over again during the meditation.

I’ve found it a really good technique & have meditated far more than I’ve ever done on my own before- int he past I might have managed 10-15mins on my own, with this I have no problem doing 30mins, as long as I schedule the time appropriately!

I’m looking forward to continuing to use this method.

At the moment I feel like I’m almost nodding off- this morning myhead jerked several times as if I’d fallen asleep & just woken up, despite having had a full night’s sleep.

It’s good that I’m doing it. Although I haven’t made much progress on this goal I won’t give up on it. i see this as a continual work in progress.

one of the realisations that I had while on the course was that during the meditation practice it is a constant letting go of thoughts, issues, concerns etc & it struck me- for the first time that wasn’t that a great practice for real life :) When we let go we free ourselves up to find solutions :)

I did about 3 mins of meditation :D

right now thousands of people are meditating around the globe for peace. Lead by Deepak Chopra in Dublin, Ireland. going to meditate now and join them for 5 mins.

for the last while…

just want to record this.

and it feels great :-D

this morning I did my yoga, pranayama and finished with 3 mins of meditation…
I’m mindful of my mantra’s but also of watching/listening to the noise my mind creates…

as eckhart tolle would say I’m recognising I am not my mind :-D

which of course I already know, but I am using meditation as a reminder to disassociate me from my mind.

My mind is a hugely useful tool, for which I am infinitely grateful for, but it is not the entirety of who I am.

I am a spiritual being having a human experience :-D

have been good, I’ve gotten 2 reminders from 2 different people on how important this is for me.

last night also I was watching the tv and a psychotherapist was talking about the fact that meditation brings your clutter and noise of your mind into awareness, and that’s why I avoid it I don’t want to hear all the clutter and noise but if I don’t it’s making it more difficult for me to be present and responsible.

is that gramatically correct? I meditated? It just doesn’t sound right, usually I end up saying I did some meditation.. but I’m not sure… anyone out there know? Please tell me :-)

Anyway… I did my long yoga routine today, finished with 5 mins of pranayama and 5 mins of meditation, and then did some pcals which I finished with a few mins of pranayama and then another 5 mins of meditation.

I feel good :-)

When I meditate I feel good :-)

I’m meditating more and more :-)

today I meditated, for 5 mins… I’m getting better at this one :-)

I want to make this a permanent change in my life, and I can feel it working, for years I’ve wanted to do this but failed, and I believe now it’s mainly because I’ve been so hard on myself when I haven’t done this, so without realising I’ve been focusing on not having achieved this… putting more energy in being annoyed with myself for not doing it! now I’ve changed my thinking and given myself permission not to meditate… in acknowledgement that this is also part of my journey, my necessary life experience. Low and behold, I find I am meditating more, why?

Because I am placing my energy, my focus on feeling good when I do meditate, and not placing attention or energy on the times when I don’t. The result is more positive energy on meditating, which means I’m happier when I meditate, whereas before when I set myself this goal and didn’t achieve I felt unhappy, like a failure…
I’m not yet in a regular daily routine, and that is perfectly fine… because I am actually making progress!! Not talking about progress and feeling regretful I havent done it, but real tangible progress!!!!

over the last week, which is good. I can feel a positive improvement on this goal, working towards achieving it! :-D

PCALS (Psychocalisthenics) exercise for mind body & spirit.

On the course we did some diakath breathing and for the first time in a really really long time I really got connected to a deep meditative state, it was lovely, unfortunately didn’t last for as long as I’d have liked because the training moved on…
but it felt great :-)

yesterday, although I’m not focusing on this goal right now, as I believe changing one thing at a time will give me more success, I am going to post on this goal when I’m achieving it.

It’s something I want to do but not something I’m trying to achieve today… today I’m focusing on getting to sleep b4 11pm :-)