Listening Excercise

People have asked me many times what is mediation. I have given many long drawn out answers. I regret them now if they ask me I will just say "Listening".

"Well what do you mean Jijo?"

To me mediation is listening to the outer and inner worlds that we are in all the time.

Listen to the outer world, at the risk of sound crazy I will give you an exercise. Wake up early in the morning, before sun rises and sit by the window. Listen to the outside noises. The crickets, the first bird to sing in the morning, the cars driving by, the silence. There is a peace and a quieting of the mind that occurs.

Listen to the inner world. This is often harder to do, but reaps unending rewards. Just listen what is bothering you. The human mind is amazing! It will go to where it needs to go. Initially it is hard because you will have thousands of thoughts spinning like a CD in your head. Give it time HAVE FAITH, your mind will quiet and go where it needs to go. Think about your issues big and small trust me it will bring you peace. "We can look at a storm in the day or in the night the damage is the same." Vernon Howard said that. I take it a step further. A storm at night can do more damage because you cannot see anything. If you look at your problems straight on then you can deal with them better.

So try it. See if it works for you.......