Thoughts about Meditation

Are you a meditator? Or a being resisting meditation? I've been both. It was a long time ago that I first learned about transcendental meditation and some of the benefits that regular meditators experienced. I wasn't ready to embrace a regular practice, except I recognized that my daily run was a mediation of physical expression. I also recognized that I loved being a really physical animal, that my physical robustness was an expression of my essence.

Fast forward many years and now my ability to express that essence through physical activity was curtailed by the Lyme disease that I brought back from the Appalachian Trail. Slowly, I have been reclaiming my joyous existence as a healthy physical being. Until very recently, I continued to resist regular meditation, my busy mind doesn't like me to turn it off. Yeah! Isn't that the point of meditation?

As a writer and speaker, I love words and throught my learning about quantum physics have begun to be more and more aware of the energy vibrations of our words and the power they have in the creation of our lives.The word "meditation" doesn't resonate -- for me -- with blessings and joy. It comes dressed in the energy of drudgery and discipline, along the lines of "You must sit and write the correct spelling 100 times."

Recently, I've found a phraseology that works much better for me. What I used to think of as meditation is now "Plug in Time." That's not a terribly elegant phrase but it works for me. I am now taking at least 20 minutes in the morning to "Plug in" to the radio station I have long termed WJOY. I dial in to the program "health, wealth, and happiness." That is who I am and what I choose to experience.

For me, plugging in is a lot more fun than meditating as I joyously tune in to the vibrations of health, wealth, and happiness. Wishing you the same.