Meditation can help us become more at ease with our bodies
and minds, and it can help with anxiety, stress, depression, insomnia, illness,
and much more. Contemplative practice is found in most religions, but
meditation can be practiced apart from any religion or belief system.
Meditation is simply training, training our attention to be aware of ourselves
and our surroundings. We need to be able to see clearly before we can take
action.
Budda wrote: “You
could search the whole world over and never find anyone as deserving of your
love as yourself.” What Budda understands is that we must love and nurture
ourselves first. Loving ourselves (not narcissistic love) is the foundation for
being able to love and care for one another. By looking inward, we can see our
goodness and then we can see the goodness of others. We become more connected
and compassionate when we are no longer a stranger to ourselves. Meditation
can help us break bad habits and the negatives stories we tell ourselves - We must
move from not being good enough to being enough!
Reflective practice teaches us to be open to the human
experience. We must recognize our thoughts before we can understand them, and
we ought to examine ideas in order to unblock patterns. With that in mind, we must
trade in habitual responses for accurate assessments. What we notice or what we
give our attention to is what flourishes, and this goes for ignoring stressful thoughts
or situations. Meditation will help us become more peaceful and happier but not every
single day….
Meditation can help us deal with setbacks and accept
change. By practicing meditation, we can decrease fear, anger, regret and
sadness while increasing well-being. Try meditating for five to twenty minutes
a day. If you’re a dog like me, five minutes is sufficient or else deep sleep
takes over. Meditation will make you happier! Try it!
With lovingkindness,
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