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Meditation can bring you the most silent and peaceful level of consciousness. It can honestly be life changing, if you let it. Meditation can be done pretty much any where. Any action done with awareness is meditation. Meditation means to be fully aware of our actions, thoughts, feelings and emotions.
It can be as easy as staring at the flame of a candle sitting in silence. For example tonight I sat down in the tub, and felt the water run over me while I closed my eyes for 20 deep, conscious breaths, focusing on nothing but my breathing. It did wonders.
We as humans beings living in a chaotic world where we are constantly asked to give give give need to take time for ourselves. It makes us happy, therefore making others around us happy, as well and others around them and so on and so on. Remember we are, as I just said, human beings. Not human doings. SO JUST BE.
Try a meditation nap even. Be careful. This one is complex. Oh yes—it’s the love child of a meditation and a nap ;)
Lie down on a bed, couch, or even pile your (empty) bath with pillows and blankets. Close your eyes and do nothing. Maybe you’ll fall asleep. Maybe you’ll have Zen inspiration. Maybe you’ll just happily float along. Either way, it will be sublime.
Sometimes when I just don't have the time I fake it....here me out... I make a little pact with myself. I say to myself:
“Okay self, we so don’t have to meditate for any pain-in-the-ass time at all. Let’s just do ten breaths.” And my logical brain says: “Ten breaths? You think I have time for ten breaths of meditation? Are you kidding me! I have stuff to do lady! We’re not on retreat you hippy!”
And I say: “Oh. I know you’re really busy. I really feel like I need this. You and me. Besides, it’s only for ten breaths.” Logical brain: “Fine. But only ten. And I’m counting.”
And then we do our ten breaths and it’s nice. And we either stop there because we feel like we’ve refreshed just enough, or we keep going for another ten or twenty because it just feels so good. Win win.
If you are a newbie at meditating you might need a little push ...When I first started and needed extra help in meditating, I used CDs. They’re like my own little personal guides into sweet-calm-space. Try out a few...see what works best for you. For me, it's the sound of the ocean.
For me, whenever I take 100 breaths, it’s kind of boring for the first 59. But then I hit 60, and for the next ten seconds, it feels like nirvana. I don’t know if it’s a rush of oxygen to the head, or just because I finally relax then, but whatever it is, 60 is good. And it makes those 59 seconds before it so very, very worth it. My little reward is the 60-second release.
It's different for everyone. Remember you are the expert on you. There are 6 billion paths to bliss, and your path is your own. Make it a happy one.
~To be alone and to be drunk with your own aloneness is what meditation is all about. Be in the world, but don't be of it~
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