People love to watch someone while meditating. And they like to talk to them to be able to connect to a higher vibration. Or simply they like to talk about meditation and try to figure out what it’s all about and how it feels.
Then when they finally take the time to practice meditation themselves nothing happens. But the thing is, you did not ride the bike the first time you got on it. It took time. Many people lose their passion quickly, because meditation feels forced or fake.
And I know that feeling well. Personally, I used to hate it when some of my friends were completely in bliss just by siting with crossed legs and closed eyes. I thought that it was not real, that they pretended to be experiencing pure happiness and bliss.
But I did not give up trying to reach that state. Sometimes along my journey I have tried to convince myself that what I was experiencing during yoga and meditation was the peak. I thought, “Ah, now I understand what bliss means”. But deep inside I kept moving on, believing there was something greater.
The thing is that we are already bliss, we are already happiness, but it’s all under so many layers of judgments, doubts and unpleasant memories, it’s difficult to see it. Even though we have powerful reminders surrounding us, for instance: nature, the sun and the ocean. They are here every single day, ready to nourish us.
And if we’re smart we can use this free opportunity, instead of taking pills for this and that. That’s what meditation is: constantly letting go of imaginary needs and imaginary problems and imaginary duties.
We all are creators of our own reality. So we need to choose carefully what we create. It’s also about letting go of any unnecessary tension in the body at the same time.
Sure, sitting usually isn’t an ecstatic experience, but for some it can be. How?
It’s finding the pleasure of a perfect balance and complete effortless state of the body and the mind. What else can be ecstatic if not that feeling of letting the mystery happen without doing anything.
Like the ocean just happens. The ocean doesn’t do anything. Without the wind there’s no wave; without sun there’s no sparkle. Millions of people are inspired and fascinated by the ocean, because the ocean just is and surrenders to the happenings of life.
I wish you a nice dive in to your practice
Bara
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