Meditation Practice

I'm one of those people that forgets to remind himself at times to put in meditation practice. It's not about finding the time, it's really more about getting things to shut down so you can think straight. I'm not going to lie, it hasn't been an easy road to the wedding i'm helping plan and put money into. Although we have gotten a lot done, there's still some things to finish up and it's 3 months away.

I practice my Magical Imagineering Theater mediation quite a bit but not a meditation to just let everything sink in and go to a place where everything is off to the side and I can just chill out and be in an imaginary room or outdoor environment where I have complete freedom to create or go anywhere I want. We all live some hectic lives and we don't always give ourselves the time to just relax and let the world go by for a while, even for just a few minutes.

I had learned a technique from Psycho Cybernetics about being comfortable in a quiet setting and imagine myself being in a room or an outdoorsy place that I can create in my mind where everything is off to the side and just relax and calm down. I imagine myself walking down steps to a beach I'm familiar with back in California and sit on the sand. Nobody's around, nothing can harm me, it's warm, the water is calm and everything I picture is peaceful and magical. Now to many people that sounds like Mumbo Jumbo and why don't I just face the real world instead; sometimes we need to back away from reality to recharge our mental batteries. Our imaginations can create or be whatever we want it to be. It's about putting things in perspective and not being succumbed to negative bullshit and letting your mind at ease.

I'm not perfect at doing meditation often and I'm learning to be more in tuned with it because I do have issues of anger, frustration, impatience and anxiety and it's important for me to get a handle on them. They're never going to go away, but they can be toned down little by little and living a better life without extreme stress every second of the day. The mind is like a muscle and needs quality training. So for today, take 5 minutes and go to a place where you feel peaceful and creating that place any way you see fit; it can be tropical, it can be in a cabin in the winter, near a river, in the desert, in a holy place, make it whatever you wish and let it be your sanctuary. Your imagination is endless and your world is your oyster. I will learn to do the same with you because we're in this together and the world can use a little recharge (: