It's A Mind Thing

Everywhere we go, activity is high, music is loud, the crowds are busy, the news is constant, and most times “late breaking”. The world is busy. We are busy. We ask when will there ever be time for rest and solitude. Does anyone even want solitude anymore? I think the answer is yes.

Whether we want to admit it or not, our inner self cries out for quietude. Yes, that is a word that means a state of calmness. It seems that more and more people are turning to meditation. For me that once meant something foreign  to my way of thinking. It had shadows of being something beyond the religion that I was taught and could possibly lead to “trouble”. Only as an adult, after stresses of life and research for myself did I find that we all have a fundamental need for silence or a time of reflection. This can come through meditation. It is up to the individual as to what you meditate upon. For me, my faith gives a multitude of things to meditate upon.

The National Science Foundation published a study a few years back that said the average person has about a thousand thoughts per hour. That means a person has about twelve thousand thoughts per day. Those statistics enforce the fact that we truly do need to quiet our minds. Meditation does not come easy. You have to decide to give time and effort and the mind training that it requires. My time is early in the morning. Sometimes it doesn’t happen. But it is becoming more and more important to me.

If you have spent much time on my site, you know that I am an advocate of the statement that we are what we  think. Meditation is a renewing process that makes a day go much better. For me, meditation is not an Eastern philosophy or a “new-age” practice. Christian meditation has its roots in the Bible and is an alternative way to worship. It’s not an emptying of the mind but a filling of the mind on what really matters.

Dr. David Slotnick’s review on the subject says,“Meditation is a technique millions

of people use to help focus and calm the mind. Although meditation is often associated with religion, the practice of meditation does not have to be religious. The techniques used are designed to help a person gain insight and to assess or manage life's processes, which may include physiological, mental, emotional or spiritual issues.

It’s important that we learn to relieve the stresses of daily living. Do the research, whether it be on physiological, mental, emotional or spiritual issues. A large part of our health is up to us and how we decide to handle life.
 

                                         "It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves."
                                                                    ~Edmund Hillary~