Meditation has given me a glimpse into calmness and contentedness yet still I do not find enough time to do it. There always seems to be more pressing issues to attend to, which I suppose feeding the children could be deemed more important but still…
I went through a long period of time practising MIndfulness, not just in meditation but also in every day life. So many minutes, days and weeks go by in the blink of an eye and suddenly I am looking back wondering how I did not notice these various things that seem to have occured but it’s because I’m not mindful of how precious time really is. By focusing on the here and now and pushing the past and future from my thoughts, I am allowing myself to be fully in the moment. Although this usually only happens for a few moments at a time, those moments are peaceful and enjoyable and it reminds me how simple it is just to be. Simple yet difficult at the same time. It’s a simple idea but difficult to stick to. With so much happening in our busy lives it’s hard not to be sucked in to everything and forget about the present. But when you think about it, the present is all we have and all we will ever have and it is slipping away from us with each second. 4 weeks ago
I will use the perspective of examining the question of “Were a goal to fail in the future, what causes could be identified in the future, from the future’s past, that led to the goal’s failure?
My morning meditation should include an examination of the day’s intended accomplishments, and should examine the propensities that might interfere with success in accomplishing the intentions. 6 months ago
As important as this goal is, I’m finding it quite difficult.
It’s possible that mentally, I have been regarding it as important to my meditation goal that I wake up and leave the house every morning at the ridiculously early hour of 05:45. There is a meditation group that looks very appealing, and it meets a few miles away, across town, at 06:15. It would be GREAT to start going to that group—but I suspect that the detail of preferring to meditate there and then, but de-prioritizing it each morning, has been suppressing my actual meditation.
My next solution to this small hitch will be to wake up at that time, then meditate for that time at my own home.
I’ll try that tomorrow morning… 7 months ago
My sister has just agreed to conduct a search for a great meditation group in the area.
She and I plan to visit one early on Monday morning, which has been a goal of mine for a while now. I’m excited!
I think it is key to meeting my goals to have partners and social support, so I’m really happy to get this participation from her. I think it will make us closer and it will certainly make me feel appreciative!
A niece has also suggested that she will try out regular meditation as well; perhaps I’ll try including her in the searching. 7 months ago
