meditate regularly

I think that I need to start meditating in order to achieve better peace of mind, especially considering how stressed out the stats course was making me, now I’m fed up with job hunting. I’ve only meditated a few times before but it was very calming and relaxing. Would like to do some Tonglen meditation as well, imagining oneself breathing in the suffering of others and then exhaling peacefulness and happiness. (Whitney would almost certainly be my object of meditation for this practice :)

There is so many resources on you tube to help you meditate.

I try to start doing it from today on. I haven’t been focused lately. I noticed a decline in my ability to concentrate and my sleeping- and eating-habits have been weird too. I think I am stressed and hyper at the same time. This, I think, is never a good combination. I can’t tell exactly how but I am out of balance and thus, in need of meditation!
I know it can be hard to do, especially with me being in the state I am in right now, but fortunately I have experienced times when I was happy, balanced and at peace with myself and the outside world “just” because I followed these common good habits like exercising, eating well, focusing on the present and sleeping enough. This really helps so much!
And right now, as I hang here in my comfy chair without truly enjoying myself, I really want to get back into that state!!!

I did a chakra meditation tonight and it was interesting. I don’t know that I fully believe there are these specific “energy centers” of the body, but I did the meditation anyway which walked me through all the main chakras.

What I found truly interesting was when I reached my heart chakra. It felt heavy somehow. And not necessary in a bad or sad way, just heavy. Like a box full of all your old favorite books. It’s heavy and a pain to haul around, but you don’t mind. I don’t know. That’s what my heart chakra felt like for some reason.

The thought intrigued me, so I felt the need to document it here. :P

Ok, done for now!

Last night I found this site.

http://www.meditationoasis.com/

I had a successful experience with the ‘Letting Go’ podcast. I’d recommend this site to anyone who feels they need a little guidance in their meditating.

Also, I’ve had a splitting headache these past few days, so I randomly typed in “meditation symbols” into Google last night also. What came up with something called Reiki. It has to do with Chakra, you draw these symbols on different energy centers of your body, then meditate and focus your engery on those spots and it’s suppose to heal pains that you have.

I tried drawing the balance symbol on my Third Eye Chakra. The balanca symbol gets rid of pain and unblocks your body so energy will flow better. This morning I woke up and the headache was COMPLETELY gone. I was amazed!

Of course, I realize a lot of it has to do with your mindset. If you think a symbol is going to help, you’ll probably notice more of a difference than if you were highly skeptical about it working. But whatever, I don’t have a headache anymore! :)

I think I might look more into this Reiki stuff…

It’s funny how nasty situations can become an impetus for me to meditate. Once the calm has taken over, I stop meditating frequently. As a result, I relapse into the same frenzy and become stressed.

Once again, I resolve to meditate 15 minutes a day. I must make time to meditate.

Logish Paradox ( http://logish.org )

Steps toward meditating regularly:

1) Realize that no matter how hurried my life seems, no one will die if I’m five minutes late.

2) Take five minutes to sit with my glasses off and my eyes clothes and just breathe.

3) Don’t expect too much. Just get in the habit of doing it.

i had a dream of a past life…. pretty shit
but it inspired me to get closer to my spirituality so im going to try and do this if i can do it daily (10 min) till i go to auzzie i’ll check it off

Nope, haven’t done it…. time to try this (and all my other goals) again…. get back on track!

which is why i’ve been finding it difficult to meditate regularly. i should be engaged in the process, as meditation is the process, not the result. often, it just means starting and then not forcing myself to either achieve a goal or see it as another chore.