In meditation
We learn compassion
Patience
We learn to sit
Commit
No matter what thoughts cross our mind
Back and forth
Jumping in
We let them do what thinking is
Because that is the brain and how it acts
Nobody would tell a heart to stop beating
So we can’t stop thinking thoughts
Only
We gently call them back
Like unruly students, the wise teacher forgives
The distraction
And inattention
Because the wise teacher
Our soul
Knows
This is how it all goes
Everything is right just the way it is
But attention please
And we return, sit quietly until the next distracting thought appears
Am I meditating
Or is something meditating me?
Because I believe
Although I may wander away
Become distracted and foolish and leave
In real life
Something patiently waits
Gently calls me back
And here I am
Sitting patiently
Waiting
For the next distracting thought
But am I meditating
Or is something meditating me
*micro macro interior exterior – I’ve been practicing regularly for a month and this meditating thing feels like a hole to my soul that I can’t find the bottom of but damn…things are certainly getting deeper
If you have tried meditation and are a failure think on this
People who come naturally to meditation are probably not the ones who benefit from it most
Just the act of having to sit and patiently call back your own attention and hundred times in 15 minutes makes you aware of how much you do it
How much we return, how much we struggle and how we don’t have to do this thing yet some of us choose
And those that do are brave and steadfast and damn – we are all just trying and then patience and self compassion begin to spill on the floor everywhere
We are all returning – a thousand times a day – a million – we return and we sit and we try and we commit
To living this difficult crazy life
The best way that we can
And that’s all anyone can do
Try it again if you already have and if you haven’t try it for the first time but first perhaps read this book by Emily Fletcher “The conscious design of happiness” forget one of the reviews that says something about like “I wish she would just tell us how to do it!”
She does – around chapter 13 and that poor reviewer, I’m sad for her because damn if anyone needed the patience to read this book and hear how to do this very simple but powerful meditation
It is people that haven’t the patience to read a fine book on meditation
Oh the irony 😂
A great verse and a wonderfully reflective post!! I hope that you and yours are well? I worried when I couldn’t find this month’s Audacity but you sound in encouraging form 😉 Wishing you the very best! Stay safe! 🙂
This 👆🏻
Indeed 😊
Hi Colin – I missed a month due to having to take a step back for a little while, I think the break will make the magazine better next issue too as coming back with fresh energy and some great stories. You stay safe too 😊
So glad to hear that you are feeling better!! Wishing you the very best! and thank you 😉
Meditation isn’t just closing your eyes, like you stated so well in your post, the mind is a restless creature. It takes awhile to learn to tame and silence it.
Hope all is well, 🤗🌻
All is great thanks Elle – meditation is giving me such a deep anchor point. As is spending more time in the real world rather than in virtual worlds which has been why I have been a little absent of late here. Audacity Magazine has also been a bit consuming as I missed a month but it is coming back on track with some great stories in March. Hope you are well too 😊
Good to hear. Will be looking forward to the next issue. I’m doing well, awaiting the renewal of Spring. Take care of yourself. 😊
Amazing!