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 that moment of realisation. When working on that enlightenment, that is an accomplishment in itself. I decided to take a meditation course. This is when I realised you can mediate at work, home, on the beach, in the supermarket or anywhere of your liking. I have tried meditating in many places, and you do not have to think or be present. Just allowing the stillness to be present and alive.

Just let the thoughts drift from you, when they continue to flare up again let them slowly drift away. Remain in that stillness and hear the sound of your breathing, listen to the sounds of the water, the birds or anything else that is around you. Let the noises be there but slowly integrate them into your meditation pose. You don’t need music or someone telling you how to breathe. Stay in that quiet moment as long as you can. This is time for just you, don’t think of your shopping list or how you are going to go the gym later. Stop! No more thinking, just realising that you are in a time of purpose where you are whole with the beings of the universe and you are connected to life.

There is no need to meditate for one hour a day, five minutes to begin with is all it takes for the mindset to change. While everyone has their own thoughts on meditation it is not a hard pill to swallow. Why are there so many people giving copious amounts of money to attend mediation courses? I paid for a course and I am really happy to gain such knowledge and reverence from my teacher. But, if you do not have that spare change in your pocket, it costs nothing at all to be in the stillness of your own mindset. Have faith, breathe, be in the now for that does not cost a cent.

By Jacqui Ray
Sibella Publications, Luminous Wisdom: SOPHIA
www.growthhealing.com.au



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