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the crowded meditation

3/2/2014

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In meditation recently, i sat with some of my closest friends.
The first to arrive was Anger; with her clenched fists. Then came Frustration; with her tight jaw, Addiction; with her twitching and flicking eyes. And more continued to arrive. Impatience; with her tapping fingers. Regret; with her heavy heart. As each new arrival came, we all wiggled and shifted to make a space in the circle. Undeserving arrived and wanted to sit outside the circle, sunken and small but we shifted and made space for her too.

And we sat. In meditation. Together.
We simply sat and allowed each of us to "be".
As more arrived, we wriggled and moved to make the circle bigger.

I realized later that surprisingly, Judgement never showed up. She must have been so caught up in forming lists of all the things wrong in the world that our quiet but active gathering didn't even come up on her radar.

By allowing these parts of me to be present in my meditation, i actually created space.
By accepting these aspects of my self, i got out of my own way.

It was one of the most peaceful meditations i have had in a long time.

so i leave you with some questions:
Can you "sit" with all parts of your self?
Can you let go of trying to force change on things that are not
as you think
they "should" be?
:)
:)



5 Comments
Donna M
3/2/2014 09:24:40 am

super sweet and a great reminder to welcome them all.

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sheron
3/2/2014 03:02:36 pm

thanks Donna :)

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jade
3/2/2014 02:16:18 pm

thanks jutilla. I am not really able to sit that well.. but this inspires me to do it anyway.. or at least to give it a go. :) thank you friend :)

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sheron
3/2/2014 03:02:15 pm

i hope you try and i hope you share your experiences Jade. thanks for the comment. :)

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Sheila
6/19/2014 12:06:43 pm

Your words are always so.....so...I want to say inspirational (which they are) but it's not the word/description I'm looking for.
Hmmmmmm, you make me feel.....<3

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