Meditation...do I need it?

This blog is a little different as I rarely speak specifically about happenings in my life. I would like to discuss the way meditation in my daily experience started as a burdened thought turned to a loved sunrise morning ritual. I have studied the Ageless Wisdom and esoteric thought for over 12 years now picking up my first teaching at the age of about 25. Which is the best time for a neophyte to begin as circumstances and maturity causes one to question their existence and where's life taking them.   Through the many varying books I devoured the resounding theme throughout my entire personal library was and is the need for meditation. My personal resistance to meditation, like many others, would not allow me to consider a state of being where my mind would be forced to sit in silence void of thought for any period of time nonetheless 30 to 45 minutes, daily.



Like any lifestyle change their is the initial resistance, then comes the enthusiasm followed by the fizzling out. If my dedication to a life of modern day purity was to be taken seriously I would need to figure this dilemma out and stop the allowance of years to fade into the distance without an ounce of will placed towards my ultimate goal. How long was I willing to allow this resistance to plague me? Now for others it may not be so serious, but for me I had taken a personal oath to dedicate my life to the divine as long as I was not going to loose all of me and become some spiritual fanatic, on the corners of the city preaching the end of days. OK so that's not everyone's fear but it was mine, I just didn't want to loose who I was finding myself living in a cave or far from human lifestyle while delivering myself to the path towards enlightenment.

I knew I needed something deeper, I had been studying but was noticing very little changes I was still suffering, still angry, frustrated, judgmental all the qualities I did not like about myself. That is when I realized that the studying needed to be accompanied by accountability. Indeed something or some one or some group or organization was to hold me accountable. Luckily intuitively I was drawn to an online Trans-Himalayan meditation school that was perfect for my lifestyle and designed to teach meditation practices daily over a two year period of time. Closing up on my last year has been a daily focus of connecting to my Higher Mind through unobtrusive practices starting at  mere 5 minutes a day. I threw in some prayers that would help me through my tribulations culminating into a meditation schedule now of 45 minutes a day of NEEDED mental quietude. Without these practices I would have remained in a frustrated mental and emotional state with melancholy and unstable behaviors.

That said, meditation and concentration have been a proven tool for my first steps at change and a reorientation towards a path of purity and enlightenment.

Loving and Learning,

                                 Me

Self-Reliance

Why self-reliance is crucial to Group Unity?

     When faced with a daunting obstacle in life, self-reliance creates a need for ingenuity and resourcefulness. These traits will cause one in desperate need to become completely dependent on all resources one possesses. Resources such as personal energy, finances, mental and emotional stamina and physical strength to press forward, all the qualities we possesses in ourselves.  The reliance on our own faculties strengthens our entire energetic system creating a stronger will, discipline and balance. Once we totally rely on ourselves, especially in times of desperation it causes us to question our capabilities, acknowledge our personal weakness and commit to strengthening them for our survival. 

     

    Once in that predicament we continue by questioning our beliefs, our environment but more importantly our place in the world. We question our destiny and our future, our life's goals and plans, and our past errors and misjudgments. When in this quieted contemplative and meditative state we remain centered and experience ourselves in a deeper more unified presence with spirit and soul. This quiet time allows us to become one with ourselves and the divine. When connected to the divine an inner peace grows and resounds within us that spreads out and extends into the environment and to others. 

     This peace will allow you to find comfort, acceptance and forgiveness with yourself and your chaotic circumstances alleviating the problem. Once this is complete the next step is to plan the best course for resolution of your issues including issues of your past. While in this state we take on a more external view of life and all that it encompasses and we realize that all suffer the same (though events may vary). In that suffering lie's the connection, giving one the sense that we are all intertwined and experiencing the same experience. You understand that life's experiences and the connection transcends color, race, religion, gender and all physical and cultural distinctions. 

    Out-dated self-perceived barriers perpetuated by ideals, environments and historical culture patterns that are no longer conducive to the earths evolution, in fact detrimental to humanity's survival and sustainability. In this meditative illumination the initial inclination towards resolution of the initial problem becomes trivial and minimized while the plight of humanity become's the focal point. Leading you to champion and campaign against suffering to your fellow brothers and to the planet. Thus, personal self-reliance is the catalyst and the key to maintaining and building a strong sense of integrated group consciousness.

In Love We are,

                            Me

*Dedicated to my Sun (son), Iziah. May you find your way home!

       

                      

Let Today Be that Day!

     There comes a time when we must take a good look at our entire system, environment and tiny little worlds. Do they resonate at optimum capacity, are we aligned and truly balanced? Look at your emotional system (are we still yelling, angered easily, frustrated or living in insecurity and fear) or are we aligned with love, faith and "good vibrations"? Contemplate your mental and psychological body (do incessant old thoughts of the past color your belief system and every thoughts) or does your energetic framework speak to a harmonized nature? Meditate on your physical health what has your body been saying or better yet screaming that you have been ignoring? The environment that you rest daily in, what needs to be added or rid of?

Am I at my Best in my entire Being?

    

     If the answer is no, where is your will power, discipline and motivation to get you were you need to be?  Like the emptied gas tank of the automobile you can get no where without it, so too is the theory of one's life. You can get no where without the needed fuel of your own personal will power my friend. The operative word is YOU...

     One thing we need to understand about lack is that it is our weakened discipline and will that keeps us stagnant. The will is what battles and tears down obstacles, the will is what powers through to another fight and challenge, the will is what separates those who sustain the light and those consumed by the darkness. Where is your will, what is your priority to your daily disciplines? This is the question of the hour nah century. This is where we MUST take responsibility and reclaim our self-defeating behaviors. Yes..we are to blame, Yes.... we are at fault.....Yes.....we are out-of-alignment and YES we can reclaim our sovereignty for we are Divine Aristocrats, it is our birthright. 

     We have time to alter our ways and renounce of past errors, our poor choices, ignorance and misguided perceptions. Just as we gradually created a world of darkness so shall we step by step crossover into the light. So silently did we pick up bad habits through weak wills so shall we painstaking break them down. So slowly does the enlightenment pierce threw with grace, silence, contemplation and dedication so too does the divine expect no complaint and sacrifice. Focus is needed, so shall we make the day be a day of commitment to change.  

     Make today be that day, whether it be rain or tornado, make today be that day! Whether the day bring strife or calamity make today be that day! It is your weakened will and broken spirit that causes the breakdown of the energetic bodies. 

Let today Be that Day!

     The day of organization, discipline and abstinence of things unhealthy. Be greater than your mind has you believe, be greater than others think you can be, be greater than your past has imprisoned you to believe least you awaken at a time of ripe old age and live the rest of your days in despair. Whoa to the soulja of the light fated to such! What if the triumph through the battle is the key that makes you stronger and the avoidance of them what makes you weaker? What if the acceptance of all things good and bad were the keys to your gradual advancement? What if? Renounce old thinking and patterns and embrace universal truth....

WE ARE IN LOVE,

TMG