Hari Om
Monday is AUM-day; in search of
meditation
For the next few weeks, you will be
presented with some inspirational quotes to encourage you in your meditational
practice.
“ In meditation, we discover our
inherent restlessness. Sometimes we get up and leave. Sometimes we sit there
but our bodies wiggle and squirm and our minds go far away. This can be so
uncomfortable that we feel’s it’s impossible to stay. Yet this feeling can
teach us not just about ourselves but what it is to be human…we really don’t
want to stay with the nakedness of our present experience. It goes against the
grain to stay present. These are the times when only gentleness and a sense of
humour can give us the strength to settle down…so whenever we wander off, we
gently encourage ourselves to “stay” and settle down. Are we experiencing
restlessness? Stay! Are fear and loathing out of control? Stay! Aching knees
and throbbing back? Stay! What’s for lunch? Stay! I can’t stand this another
minute! Stay!””
― Pema Chödrön
