It sure did feel good to leave behind that tiresome quartet
of perfectionism, procrastination, judgment and worry by the wayside yesterday…..
but you know what I realized this morning?
Those tricky mindsets have a way of sneaking back in while you are
sleeping… ever notice that?
My conclusion? Sadly, it’s not a once and for all
mental/emotional/psychological de-cluttering job. Just like that stuff keeps
creeping back into our homes, cars, closets, desks….. you know the stuff I
mean; well, so too does the mental junk.
The solution?
For me, it’s the daily practice of meditation. While I have
noticed increased value from at least a half hour daily, even 5 or 15 minutes
can be incredibly beneficial. And even though sometimes it seems like all that
is happening is that my mind is chattering away like crazy, flitting from list
making to what if scenarios to planning frenzies to "I’m hungry" like some hummingbird with ADD, the
reality is that I’m a different person when I get up from my meditation cushion
(actually, my living room couch).
There is more room somehow, for that which is beyond me to make
known its presence. For that space between
all those thoughts to open up, so I can feel the presence of Spirit. Space for Reality
to reveal itself. For the holy to override the mundane.
And the other beautiful thing about meditating that I have noticed?
I’m calmer, happier, kinder; more easily able to switch off the voices of
worry, fear, whatever, and remind myself of my true nature, my unbounded,
limitless, joyful Self.
And you dear reader, will you join me on the cushion?
Love this! Perfectly expressed!
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