The Sound of Silence.
JACQUI RAY/ Luminous Wisdom:SOPHIA Meditation was where I first began to wonder how I could possibly be getting anything out of it. That was my first incorrect thought pattern, if you do not allow your mind to settle then how are you going to persevere through the hurdles and bumps of life. I used to lie there on my bed yelling at my husband to not disturb me as I was preparing to meditate. I thought I had to do it in one particular position, lights out, headphones on while the sounds of a person talking drifted through my earpiece while inhaling into every part of my body. I needed to reach this enlightenment but what was I searching for? An escape out of existence? An escape out of my own world? Was this going to make things better for me? I realised later that meditation helps in many forms, but it cannot help a person struggling with their own identity. You need to work on that, but it does not take a night or even a day to conquer, it takes months and years to find tha...