Sally Forrest
16 November 2016
The term meditation is often misunderstood.
Many assume that it is difficult to learn and that you have
to sit cross legged on the floor for hours on end and achieve a state of “no
thought”.
Many think it is linked to certain religions and is not for
everyone.
Allow us to clarify exactly what meditation is and how it
can support you in life.
Meditation simply is a way that allows you to see how your
thoughts are affecting your reality.
“As you think, so you
become” is the basis of meditation.
Once you start to see your thoughts and understand that they
really do affect how you feel and act in life, then you have a choice to take.
“Do I want to keep
thinking in a certain way – always reacting to the external world and its
stimulus, and getting disturbed and upset about things I cannot control or do I
want to choose my thoughts in a considered way and respond to life differently.”
Let me give you an example; you are driving to work in the
morning and a car suddenly cuts into your lane with no indication.
The first reaction could be to horn the driver, get angry
and allow this anger to translate into actions (you pull an angry face at the
driver- raise a finger in the air – get angry and rant to those in your car, naming
and blaming the driver in front as “an idiot/stupid“)
I think you know the scene and it’s a familiar one.
In the moment of anger, you lose all of your happiness and
it was not even something that you did – it was as a result of an external
event.
With meditation, you first see what is happening and then
see how your thoughts are reacting to the external situation. You then simply
allow yourself to make a decision – do these thoughts support me and my peaceful/calm mind or not?
The event has happened already and you cannot change or
control the external event. However, what you can control is how your respond
to it.
Meditation provides you with tools and techniques that allow
you to choose how you want to respond to life instead of reacting to it.
It is easy to learn and at SoulCentre® techniques are shared
that you can apply in every situation that life offers.
At SoulCentre® we teach through life stories and practical techniques
that will suit every occasion.
We teach from beginner all the way to teacher level. Many of
our teachers now travel all over the world teaching and sharing the wisdom with
others.
Anyone and everyone can learn, children from the age of 6
all the way to seniors of 86 have passed through our Meditation Made Simple®
programs.
So what are you waiting for?
Sign up today for a class and see how life changes.
It will be the best decision you have ever made.
http://www.soulcentre.org/meditation-programs
