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Tuesday 30 July 2019

Meditation: Wisdom in the silence

[S.O.T.T}: We all need a little peace, stillness, and balance to get us through life. Sadly, this doesn't jive with the social mould we're supposed to fit into. We're supposed to be good workers who value productivity above all else. This makes us incessantly tired, stressed, and anxious as we try to get through each day.

We have no time for rest, but deep down, most of us want nothing more than to stop and relax. We'd be happy to take a break even for just a day.

Most of us can't, but we can all retreat into a calm inner space - one in which our thoughts, fears, and stresses fade away - whenever we want.

Meditation can be our vacation from everything in life that drains us. We can't pin it down to any specific practice; there are so many forms that it's best to find one that works for you. Whether traditional or new and radical, a meditation practice will leave you feeling like life doesn't have to be so harsh.

The aim of any given practice is to bring you out of this limited sense of reality we all exist under. By necessity, this involves a crumbling (or at least a serious questioning) of most of the things that make you who you are. It's a destructive experience necessary for healing...read more>>>...