Why Meditate? a sharing
Thursday, December 9, 2010
from Les Waldon, Bethlehem, CT
Random moments of insight that seem linked to my meditation practice come unlooked for, sudden brief glimpses that shift perspective.
Such was my experience the other day. At the local market, pushing my cart with groceries, I passed a woman hunched over shuffling her way awkwardly down the aisle. Peering more closely, I thought she really ought to get herself fixed up.
At that moment, that very moment, like a swipe up the side of my head, I “got” that I was judging and opinionated and spewing nonsense. I “got” that instead, I could send a blessing. Not “my” opinioned blessing (God, please fix her up), but the kind of blessing that has no specificity, a universal and endless possibility for unfolding goodness. A blessing that arrives like an unsigned letter from a secret lover.
Something moved. A way of ‘seeing’ shifted.
The implications are vast. Suddenly all life matters. Suddenly, every moment of this life has unrealized possibility. Suddenly what seemed important isn’t.
All the falderal of this and that held my fascination… yet passing silently without accolades or witness, I see how acts of blessing pour out into the world magnifying and glorifying…
Did someone ask me why I meditate?
Comments
From Vicki Satta on December 10:
Les, it’s so interesting that your experience is very similar to mine (or mine to yours0. Something happened to me a few months ago after I began the online practice of Living Awareness and jumped into the "Glamour" study group in April. In fact, I had the "Glamour" podcasts and the "Telepathy" podcasts in my ears (on my iPod) for months after finding them on iTunes.
Meanwhile, the daily practice of meditation was doing what Donna always talks about during meditation, i.e., "… noticing the usually not noticed." It is amazing how that works!
I saw my ego, my "sharp tongue" and my judgmental/critical nature as I began to see more and more people standing on corners with cardboard signs asking for help. Suddenly it became obvious to me that they really need our help. My standard thought patterns just changed one day, really!
Why don’t we as members of this meditation group offer beautiful healing thoughts to people in need? Why don’t we offer blessings to the people we see outside in the cold asking for help, and if only for even 5 seconds, do what I call "pop off" that LOVE energy all around the North American continent and wherever else we may be? These days, I bless everyone I see who is standing on a street corner as I drive through the city and see them asking for money or jobs. It’s beautiful. I also bless the unemployment numbers each time I see them, knowing that the numbers represent real people who need to be taken care of.
Imagine the power of Love and Light penetrating through the ethers and manifesting HOPE and everything material that people need such as food, warm clothing and a place to rest. I notice that "popping off" L&L for others invokes appreciation for everything I have.
Join me!
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