Month: August 2015

“Meditation is a lifelong process. Give it a try. As you get deeper and more disciplined into the process, you’ll get deeper and more disciplined in your mind and life.” (Brendon Burchard)

Many people pray on a regular basis, but so many never take the time to meditate. I learned a long time ago that if I wanted to live a healthy spiritual life, I needed to do both. Prayer being the action of communicating to my Higher Power, while meditation being that of listening for my Higher Power’s guidance and direction. Praying was usually the easier of the two for me, probably because I’ve spent so much time throughout my life asking my Higher Power for help with any number of things. But sitting still and becoming mindful of my thoughts always seemed far more difficult. Over the years I came to understand that the only way it would ever get any easier was if I practiced it on a daily basis. Initially I attempted to meditate in extremes, spending hours at a time trying to achieve some state of bliss and direct connection to my Higher Power. While I had some early on success with that, eventually I found I wasn’t able to recreate the experience. That only led me to sheer frustration and head in the opposite direction, putting aside next to no time for the practice. Ironically during that period I was quite far from feeling the presence of my Higher Power and my life fell to shambles. In recent years though, I’ve regularly returned to the practice, spending 45 minutes every day sitting in silence. Some days I’ve found this very challenging to do, especially when my thoughts run rampant or my body hurts incredibly. But on other days I’ve found myself having much greater success with meditation, feeling my Higher Power’s peace and serenity during a session. Regardless, practicing meditation regularly now has led to a far more stable life. That’s why I know I must keep on meditating in moderation, day in and day out. Because in the long run, it will not only continue to discipline my mind and body, it will also keep me become a much more open channel to receive and understand what my Higher Power’s will is for me.

I pray I continue setting time aside on a daily basis to meditate, no matter how I may feel when doing so. Because I know if I do, it will keep guiding me to a much more disciplined life and one that’s far closer to my Higher Power.

Peace, love, light, and joy,

Andrew Arthur Dawson