Meditation has gotten a lousy reputation. At least for some people.
It’s something we all think we should be doing, yet very few people can stick with a practice.
That’s mostly because people have been taught that meditation is for 1 thing, and 1 thing only:
To quiet the mind.
But that actually couldn’t be farther from the truth.
In fact, meditation is for 2 surprising things that most people never ever realize — and without these 2 realizations they’re doomed to never start (or continue) a meditation practice.
Because let’s face it — the thought of quieting the mind is BOOOOOOOOOORING!
It’s a cryin’ shame meditation has received this sticky stigma. Because meditation not only can enhance your intuition, but it can also boost your career savvy, increase your income, bump your immune system and make relationships more lovely-dovey.
Here’s how…
1. Meditation helps you see the TRUTH.
Meditation can help you tell reality from the stories in your head.
Here’s the scoop:
When you live from your head and spend your life reacting to 1 thought after another, you’re not actually “HERE”.
Where you actually are is trapped inside your mental projector — hypnotized into believing it’s tall tales, fears and phobias. Rendered stupid to it’s all-around stinkin-thinkin.
It’s flat-out impossible be present to the perfection, support and beauty found only in this moment if you’re caught up in the spell cast over you by your squishy pink gray-matter.
Humans around the world have all been trained to believe the mind without question. But the mind is one seriously LOUSY leader — especially when it comes to something as important as your LIFE. Your heart. Your passions.
Your brain is merely a computer filled with a hodge-podge of factoids fed to you over a lifetime by some very unenlightened (yet well-intentioned) mortals. And let’s be honest: most people are just a bundle of walking, hairy goofiness (myself included)— and their wonky wisdom shouldn’t be trusted, even if everyone else on the planet might agree with them.
If you’re like 99.9999999999% of most humans, you’re likely walking around under a cerebral spell cast by your mind’s wad-o-words, memories, limitations and tales — as if they were written down in some sort of unshakeable holy stone.
But there’s another reality – one that is real, true, and always always ALWAYS wonderful. It’s the reality of “What Is.” The right-here-in-front-of-your-very-eyes moment. The perfection of N-O-W. The ultimate Ta-da! of truth.
Yet you miss it entirely when you’re off in your head.
That’s why meditation allows you to step into this succulent stillness — so you can get present to the magical awesomeness right before your very eyes.
And the best news is: it’s the only place where it’s downright impossible for suffering, angst or stress to exist. It’s the magical spot free from the drama of your past, or worry about your future. (Whew.)
Life without your mind is like landing smack dab in the center of Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory — that internal sweet spot where everything tasty is at your fingertips.
So the next time someone says “I’m going out of my mind.”
…tell them: “Congratulations!”
2. Meditation helps you plug in to Power.
Once you’ve stepped into the here-and-now, it’s time to work a lil’ magic.
You see, you and I didn’t come down here just to get present, grounded… and then STOP.
You came down here to experience your unique life-force in action: Your passions realized. Your creativity expressed fully.
So once you’ve planted your feet in the present moment, the next step is to pivot your focus toward your dreams and desires — and allow that energetic embilical cord to download all sorts of rare delights.
It is in those mysterious moments that you’re plugged right into the center of Source itself. This is when you’re far more able (and eager) to redirect your attention toward expanding, connecting and downloading all sorts of spiritual mojo in the form of divine insights, creative inspirations, unlimited energy, and untapped wisdom.
From this centered, still place, you can easily use your focus to turn up your level of inspiration and passion, and get a direct-dial line into The Divine.
So…
…Want to figure out the answer to that burning business dilemma?
…Need to get some clarity around a confusion with a colleague?
…Can’t see straight after being hit with one of life’s unexpected blows?
Then get still.
Plug in.
Wait.
Wait.
Wait.
And listen……………….
From my own personal experience, the more I still my mind in order to be right here, right now, the more skilled I become at plugging into the vortex of all possibilities. And the bigger, faster and funnier my life becomes!
The bummer is: Most people think that NOTHING is happening when you meditate — when in fact nothing could be farther from the truth.
Look around at most people’s lives, because actions most definitely speak louder than words.
The more you’re trapped in your mind, the smaller life becomes and the more pinched are your possibilities.
But those who’ve embraced this 1-800 number to the Universe itself are boppin’ and boogyin’ with a smile on their face.
So embrace meditation — not for the experience of “nothingness” but rather, the experience of EVERYTHING worth experiencing.
All Unstoppables are doin’ it.
…Come give ‘er (another) try!
© 2012 Stephanie McWilliams LLC
