I meditate every day. I have been doing it for 11 years.
My fascination with meditation has grown with time. My discovery of it’s depth and what it does to me has increased with every passing day over the last 11 years.
I claim to be no expert in this field but my experiences have sure taught me a great deal.
So, Why do I meditate?
One simple reason – It feels great!
That’s too simple, I agree.
Lot of things feel awesome, so what’s it about Meditation then?
Have you ever lied on the back staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep, thoughts passing through the mind. There in that empty space, thinking about some random event from years past. Thinking about that person who I want to forget. Thinking about what will happen if I do not get promoted this year. Thinking about what I am doing with this life.
I have.
I may safely guess, you have too.
The events that scarred our minds and hearts don’t leave. They make an impression and that impression stays.
Time is a great healer. But time unfortunately has a lot of time.
You and I don’t.
The greatest gift that I have found from my meditation in the the last decade is that meditation is a bigger healer.
The scars as young as 2 years old, as not so young as 7 years old and may be older than that have disappeared from my mind, from my heart and I owe a debt of gratitude to my meditation practice for that.
That is one reason I meditate everyday. There is more to an ocean than the shining pearls on the sandy beach. There is more to my meditation that the healed wounds of a decade.
More some other time.
***P.S – I practice the Sahaj Samadhi Meditation taught by my master Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of the Art of Living Foundation.
Run Diaries 