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I’m sorry – I just can’t sit still long enough to meditate in the traditional sense. I try. I’ve tried for years. I believe in the benefits of meditation. Reduced stress, connecting to your inner knowing, getting to that still small voice, raising your vibration, raising your consciousness – getting connected and plugged into the matrix – the All That Is. Basically getting to that centered happy place where everything is right and ripe with possibility. The best I’ve been able to do though is about 5 minutes – and then - I just get squirmy. And then I’d get sad…..or mad. Are all the bennies of meditating going to be lost for me just because I’m hopeless at it? I mean – how fair is that?? There had to be another form of meditation that would garner the same results but allow me to be Me.
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Ahhhhh….I rediscovered Rock Balancing. Years ago I did it for fun. I thought it was the height of cool and awe to look inbetween the two balanced rocks and see one maybe two pinpoints of connection and a whole lot of light streaming through. That the seemingly impossible was possible – I mean – doesn’t that look impossible? Yet – it is…
It dawned on me that it was a perfect analogy for seeking divine connection and light. That what I percieve to be impossible in my life was actually quite possible… With the added bonus of not having to sit still - I can use my whole mind/body/spirit, I am out in nature and I get a piece of incredible art to ponder when I’m done – and leave for someone else’s enjoyment. The meditative aspect for me is that unless I am absolutely present when balancing rock upon rock – it’s just not going to happen. I’m not going to find that sweet spot of equalibrium. Rock Balancing forces me in a delightful way to be completely in the moment. And isn’t that really the goal of any meditative practice?
Give it a go – get out in nature, find a few rocks and see what happens. I have small ones I use inside when it rains. What can I say – I know myself and my limits….
If rock balancing doesn’t work and you know you can’t sit still either - golf accomplishes the same thing – you have to “Be Here Now” or it ain’t gonna happen – just ask my brothers…..
It’s all about the Journey, Baby…
