“Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.”
-Swami Sivananda
I remember a time when I thought meditation was for granola eating, hemp wearing, hippie love sh*t kinda folks. It was a long time ago when I was a teenager and thought I knew everything. I believed the people that engaged in meditation were trying to escape and were tuning out so they wouldn’t have to deal with “reality”.
Little did I know that they were tuning in to all that is. It took me a long time to see that raging against what I thought were the injustices of the world just created more of the same. I was totally focused on what was “wrong” in life and that was all I saw.
Focusing inward has helped me to see more of what is real. It has helped me to find an inner peace which reflects in my outer world. I can’t help but wonder what would happen if everyone took the time to go within and really came to know who they are and what they are a part of, would we then all be seeing and feeling a utopian kind of planet? I’m betting yes ;o)
Meditation doesn’t have to be difficult. It can be as simple as taking five minutes in the morning to breath deeply and be still before you jump out of bed and begin your day. It’s incredible what a difference those five minutes can make!
You don’t have to eat granola or wear hemp to meditate. Wearing a suit and being involved in worldly matters doesn’t preclude you from being a spiritual being who needs food for your soul. In fact, the more involved we are in the “outside” world the more we need to develop our “inside” world in order to cope and grow.
I meditate daily now but I still don’t eat granola or wear hemp ;o)
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