I’m happy to
report that I have continued participating in the online meditation even though
I had to play catch up when my system was down.
I’d like to share my experience with meditation.
At first I
listened, closed my eyes at the correct time and tried to breathe deeply and
keep my brain from wandering. Some days
were better than others. On the fourth
day I decided that while Oprah and Deepak spoke I would take a few notes so I
could review them at the end of the meditation.
Then I closed my eyes, breathed, and wandered. That experiment did not go very well as I
seemed to wander more after taking the notes.
So I went back to my original practice and found that I could stay
focused longer.
These practices
are about 18 minutes long which may seem intimidating at first. I reminded myself that I didn’t have anything
better to do so just to sit tight and do it.
So all of this part is going find.
However, as
long as I am staying at home I can think about the theme throughout the day but
if I leave the house I generally find myself straying from a mellow frame of
mind, particularly if I am driving any distance. The good thing is that I can pull my mind
back from the abyss before I get too caught up in negative thoughts. So there is improvement there but not as much
as one would like.
On the other
hand, one shouldn’t be such a jelly fish of good will that we can’t honk our
horn when someone literally cuts us off and drives us into the ditch. There is reason in all things. Happily I am alive to tell the tale!
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