Meditation and People who ENRAGE you
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I was emailing with a friend today who worried that she couldn’t meditate, perhaps because she worried she was supposed to be able to empty her mind of thought or feel some sort of calmness through her practice. As you know by now, neither ceasing thought nor feeling peaceful are required before deeming your meditation practice an expression of wisdom.
Rather than changing anything about yourself, meditation begins with the opportunity to sit with yourself exactly as you are within that maelstrom of craziness we call everyday life, and relax with all your insane brilliance and ridiculous confusion. Rather than trying to slam shut the wild flow of thought or *poof* yourself into some kind of Dalai Lama – Martha Stewart hybrid, you could just let go of trying to change anything at all and allow, allow, allow everything to be completely OK just the way it is. Including yourself. Especially yourself.
Confession: Allowing shmallowing. Secretly, I used to believe that no matter what anyone said, if I just tried hard enough, meditation would indeed make me into an impassively perfect being. The first video above is a story about how I learned that would never happen.
The second video is our daily meditation practice.
Enjoy!
Love, Susan
Here is the audio version of the first video.
Here is the audio version of the second video.
Questions? Comments? Bring. Them. On. It make take me a little bit, but I answer all emails.
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I just wanted to take a moment to say Thank You! I really enjoy your posts and they really bring a calmness to my head. It is great to know that just being is ok!
So thrilled to hear this, Phyllis! You are very welcome and thanks so much for connecting.
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Dear Susan,
My heartfelt thanks for the much-needded reminders to be present in the moment, however that moment may be! I have come to depend on the daily meditation practice with your guidance (and on the days there are no posts, I “recycle” some of the previous favorites)–so Thank You! for your voice, physical and metaphorical.
P.S. I hope your father is doing well!
P.P.S. I’m still working on that love letter. I think by the time I’m done, you will receive a small volume…
You are so welcome, Daria. And I really, really appreciate the kind wishes for my father. Love, S
Susan,
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I want to thank you so much, I just have the change to test everything you said today..I get so furious and almost immediately start blaming myself and criticize myself, because “my yoga & meditation practice must be so weak”.
Listening to you, help me a lot, so I don’t have to punish myself everytime.
Thank you again
PD: I don’t write in English very well, so sorry for the mistakes.
I hope I could join your project.
Mimy, so glad this was helpful!! Hope you’ll join the Open Heart Project and that it too will be of use. Warmly, Susan
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