Meditation in action
To meditate is to bring your mind to a state of peace and listen to inner wisdom. Modern society has turned meditation into a kind of mystery, accessible to the elect. AT reality to meditate - very simple, it is the power of anyone. All you need to do is relax your mind. In this case, the body can be in motion. Physical activity - the first assistant of active meditation. Their main task is not so much to develop muscles as to expand your consciousness.
Movement returns to the present moment.
You can meditate wherever and whenever. It is important to concentrate on the Higher Power. So you will connect with yourself and your inner wisdom. Some people meditate while pedaling a bicycle while running in the park or planting flowers in the front garden. Someone walks in the woods, runs on skis and climbs the mountains. Even during home cleaning you can meditate! You are so passionate about the process that annoying thoughts leave your mind, consciousness clears up, and after cleaning you feel liberated and purified. At least that's what happens to me.
The fact is that the basis of all your actions must be harmony. By developing only the inner, the spiritual, we lose touch with the earth, the support. Exercise helps to return the ground, at the same time not forgetting the spirit. Movement returns to the present moment, stops running in a vicious circle of mind, instead of allowing Samoyedism to simply contemplate.
Strength of internal source
Svetlana - a writer. Early in the morning every day she puts on her sneakers and runs along the path leading to the forest. She forgets that today’s meeting with the editor, that you need to have time to write a couple of articles for your personal blog, her mind sinks deep into the source of wisdom and inspiration. And when everything becomes quiet and calm inside, from somewhere in the depth begin to give rise to ideas and ideas.
Hope - painter. In the evenings she visits the pool. At that moment, when her body is immersed in water, she is freed from the rapid flow of thoughts about what paint to paint the walls and whether it is possible to reduce the time spent on sticking wallpaper. Here she reaches the original state in which God is felt. Nothing else exists. It comes out of the water updated, gaining strength from an internal source. It is thanks to the physical movement, instead of stopping an unfinished creative project, that it goes further, overcoming difficulties.
Sight attracts insight
When you move, the rational mind turns off, leaving only sensations, feelings, inner being. You dissect the snowy road by the ski track and feel how light snow lends itself, how a vortex of snowflakes sparkling in the sun rises behind you, how you pour strength of your arms and legs, how a feeling of triumph and joy is born. During exercise, the body secretes endomorphin - a hormone that allows you to feel pleasure. Walking around in nature, one can notice so much wonder around: each birch trunk is unique and has its own pattern, wheat spikes, reminding the hair of the Little Prince from the fairy tale Exupery, forget-me-nots raised their heads and so touchingly pulled them up.
Understanding and feeling what is happening around you learn to comprehend yourself and be aware of your oneness with all that exists. Even just walking aimlessly through the city streets, you will surely see what you didn’t notice before - an azalea flower that blossomed outside someone’s apartment window, a butterfly vane on the roof of the house, a birdhouse on a tree made by the hands of a child. All this feeds you, fills you with a new vision of the world, helps you to see a wonderful and diverse world behind a veil of everyday problems. Julia Cameron in his book "The path of the artist: your creative workshop" writes that in this sense sight entails insight. We fill our creative well with what we have seen, and then easily use it.
Spiritual sense of exercise
You learn when you go where you need to go. Physical movement is not a thoughtless and idle activity, it gives spiritual food and acts as a push from stagnation of thoughts to inspiration, from problems to their solution, from pity for love. You learn to see things by others, drawing energy from the inner reserves of wisdom. Answers, long-awaited ideas, solutions come unexpectedly by themselves - on the go, when you run, jump or rollerblade. You attain unity with the Higher Power and begin to look within. So practice meditation in action! Learn and use your inner strength! You will succeed!
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