Holistic Lifestyles Radio

Meditation requires commitment: commitment to doing it on a regular basis. It requires being open to whatever presents itself, and responding to what is actually happening, not to what you think should be happening.

It requires being willing to make it a priority even when there are ten others things on your agenda for the day. Not taking the time to meditate because you don’t have time, has the same consequenes as someone who doesn’t have time to stop for gas. It will take you a lot longer to get where you want to go.

As I’m sure you’ve heard many times and in many forms, meditation is about being true to the present moment. This means developing our “conscious” ability to observe and participate, and learning how to use the meditation practice as a forum for experiencing and enhancing this awareness.

Being present, however, also means that we cannot come into meditation with an agenda about what we think is the “right” way of doing it. Often when we become committed to a specific idea, it obstructs our ability to be open to the present moment.

Therefore, instead of approaching your meditation with “determination,” think of approaching your practice with equal parts patience and persistence. This way you still have committed energy, but in a somewhat less rigid form.

Namate, (The light in me “honors” the light in you.

Jack
jack@thelazarushouse.net