Meditation. For some, just seeing the word makes eyes glaze over. What hasn't been said about the topic already?
Well, in talking to folks, I find
there's plenty. Sure, we're generally aware of the studies scientifically proving that it can can help relieve symptoms in people who suffer from
chronic pain; assist everyone in reducing
stress; and make shifts in
brain regions involved in learning and memory processes, emotion regulation, self-referential processing, and perspective taking. Wow. We also hear about its benefits from lots of leaders including
Oprah,
Deepak Chopra, and
Dr. Oz. There are also endorsements from major world religions like
Buddhism,
Hinduism and
Christianity. And yet with all of that it's common to feel that meditation is out of reach or something that "I just can't seem to do."
Believe me. I get that. I tried for a while to do what I thought I was supposed to do. Or at least what I thought meditation looked like. In a separate corner of a room that I decked out specially I
Now it if feels like my work at the corporate job was a lifetime ago. So much of my life back then was contrary to my truth – that is, who I truly am and who I’ve always been. Over and over again, I ignored and sometimes even shut out the messages that were trying to make their way into my consciousness.
Oftentimes during quiet moments, I would experience horrible ringing in my ears. The worst, though, was the clicking.
Back when I worked in Corporate America, I had a number of health problems. I see that I was truly trying to be of the highest service in that setting—at my own expense! Working at this job wasn’t the highest service I could provide, so it was never going to be a good fit. As a result, all kinds of signals came through my body from this incompatibility.
In retrospect, I just wish it didn’t take me so long to get the message.
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