Author: Gary M. Miller
It's becoming one of the biggest trends of the 21st century to
seek out Enlightenment and inner peace. People are buying up
books everywhere and running from teacher to teacher to try and
find the inner peace they so desperately crave. Who really has
inner peace and how did they find it? We all can get to feeling
a bit lost when it comes to uncovering the Truth.
One surefire method for determining if you are on the right
path is to simply ask yourself "Am I more at peace than I was a
year ago or six months ago?" If you feel that you are finding
more peacefulness as you progress on your path, then you know it
must be working. If you aren't sure or you think that maybe it
isn't working then maybe you need to sit still a little more
each day. Sitting still each day and closing your eyes as you
sit can be a great way to calm your mind and emotions so that
peacefulness eventually becomes more normal for you. Inner peace
only comes from one place and that's the inner part of you! If
you find that you aren't feeling peaceful, it's time to look
deeper within yourself.
Most of the time, when people decide to start a daily
meditation, they discover that their thoughts and emotions are
running wild inside of them and they feel almost instantly
discouraged. Common statements from beginners are "Am I doing it
right?", "How should I sit?" and "Should I concentrate on my
breathing?" These are all justifiable questions to have and yet
beginners will still be surprised to hear that those questions
don't really matter. There is no "right" way to sit still or
"correct" thing to concentrate on when you meditate. You're goal
is to simply sit still with your eyes closed and relax. Don't
fall asleep but don't worry so much about whether it is "right"
or "wrong". If you are sitting there with your eyes closed then
it is Right! That's all there is to it.
The hard part comes in when we start judging everything and
analyzing it and get ourselves all frustrated with what we are
trying to do. What are we trying to do? Nothing! So how did we
get so frustrated about nothing? The problem that beginners have
is they think there is a special "formula" for meditation and a
way of doing it that will make them an "expert". There is no
correct way of doing it and there is no formula. Everything you
do will be correct. Just sit there and, by doing it each day for
a certain amount of time, this will eventually result in more
calmness of your mental processes and an equilibrium of your
emotions. The beginning, however, can sometimes be the toughest
time.
Did you ever try to teach a dog to sit still? You can usually
teach him to sit but getting him to "stay" is a bit tougher.
This is the same problem for people. People know how to sit but
they never learn how to stay. If you can teach yourself to both
sit and stay you will be among the very few people in the world
who have learned a very valuable trick. For dogs, it takes some
extra "Scooby snacks" to get them to do it. For human beings it
sometimes requires a calendar and the fun game of checking off
the days of the week as they complete their task of "staying"
for 30 minutes or more. Some humans get to be experts at this
trick and can sit still for over an hour and for several
different times a day. These humans are sort of like the dogs
you have seen on television who can perform in front of a panel
of judges and can sit and stay for long periods of time. Their
masters always love them a lot and they always win the contests
they enter. As funny as this comparison may seem, it actually
applies quite well. If you learn to sit for longer periods of
time without having to move around in your chair and without
your mind doing cartwheels every moment, you will eventually
start to win more things in life. The "Master" behind your
thoughts and emotions will eventually come forward and reward
you with a lot of great "Scooby snacks. Finding inner peace can
be as easy as training a dog but you have to be a good dog who
really wants to please his master. Now get out there and "sit"
and, next time you do it, make sure and "stay" too!
About The Author: Gary Miller was the World's Leading expert on
Negative Thinking until he lost approximately $3 Million Dollars
because of a lifetime of negative thinking. To learn more about
his Journey to a Positive Thinking Recovery and weekly FREE
Positive Thinking techniques, you can visit his web site at:
http://www.positivethinkingnow
