| There's No 'Tater' Like A Meditator: These immortal | | | | mundane chaos and have a visit with the subtler |
| words of Southern wisdom were jokingly pasted to | | | | layers of existence. What are they like??? Well, |
| me from a 'good old boy' named Tom who happened | | | | imagine being in a cozy warm bed, under the covers |
| be on a meditation retreat with me many years ago. | | | | while snowflakes drift down outside your window. You |
| Tom was an enigma. Who would expect someone | | | | feels so warm & comfortable even as you watch |
| from a small southern redneck enclave to hit the | | | | the cold bitter wind bites at the outside. |
| mantras and do self-inquiry. But that not what I want to | | | | Now, what exactly is meditation. Not to confuse too |
| blog about here. Back to the present: Why Meditate? | | | | much,... but it is basically everything you do with |
| A lot of people have asked me over the years: "What | | | | awareness. It's a very broad concept. What I do |
| do you get out of this meditation practice?" Starting | | | | specifically is sitting silently with eyes close and gently |
| with my Dad, who upon learning that I was meditating | | | | offering a mantra (meditations sound like OM) to all of |
| a couple of hours a day ask me: "Isn't it a waist of | | | | existence. The mantra when used properly without |
| time?" | | | | forcing becomes a way of directing the consciousness |
| Well, here a summation for those who care to know,.... | | | | deep and deep to the subtler realms of the mind until |
| after 35 years of daily practice and a couple of million | | | | you ultimate reach silence. The most beautiful and |
| mantras I have a fairly simple explanation of WHY to | | | | magical silence you could ever experience. Not dead |
| meditate. | | | | quite, but alive silence. It's a feeling of "rightness" and |
| First we start with Socrates' quote: "The unexamined | | | | connectedness to all that exist. |
| life is not worth living,..." | | | | The EGO is not too happy about loosing control, so |
| Self-Inquiry through meditation is like living in color | | | | there is always a short period in the first 5 minutes |
| instead of black and white. The state of the world | | | | where meditation is filled with resistance, but after that |
| today can be pretty disturbing, if you believe the world | | | | it's smooth sailing into the deep silence of your BEING. |
| is just as it appears on the surface. But what if that is | | | | After meditation none of the world illusions seem so |
| only one aspect of what's really happening. What if | | | | real, permanent, or threatening. That cozy place inside |
| there are a multitude of realities existing that are very | | | | permeates your day, nourishing and supporting you |
| beautiful and purpose underlaying the daily news,.... | | | | through all the adversity. The silence quietly maintains |
| This is the reality that meditation gets you in touch with. | | | | while the noise outside continues it's usual distraction. |
| On a daily bases, I transcend the world of the | | | | |