The Gap. It’s not just at the mall… no, it’s also the place that is the silence between your thoughts… a place few, if any, of us even know exists, let alone visit.
But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Meditation can be the path that allows us a way in which to access this space. It is a space of compassion, surrender and peace. Consider your thoughts. They are of the past and of the future. Active, energetic, and largely unaware. It is in the space between those thoughts where the present- awareness- lies and as long as we remain disconnected from that space, we exist disconnected from the present… and ultimately, true contentment.
Learning to meditate, and making it a regular part of one’s day, allows you to practice presence- awareness. However, it’s not merely a function of sitting in quiet. It’s more than that… more work, to be honest! To simply sit in quiet often invites the monkeys to come to play… say, the Wickersham brothers on ‘roids, where you are sure to wish each of them a pleasant, ‘good day’, perhaps take an occasional do-si-do, as they pass through (some days, seemingly on loop)… ummm… OK, maybe that’s just me!
I will be the first to admit that I’m a newbie in the practice of meditation. During the course of my early morning practice, in addition to dodging frantically my monkey mind, one of the techniques I try to employ is that of focusing on my ‘third eye’.
