HERES A PHOTO OF THIS DAY,,, Im at an ashram about 200 miles from my city. I had a great experience in the meditation hall here this morn,,, then later was amazed how i could walk about 10 miles ,,, part of a penance , thru the woods and around thr hill rock thats supposed to be te oldest one on Mother Earth,,, all of two billion years old !!!!! The Basic Text that we need to be honest about our beliefs...so I honestly wanted to try out something from the rligion i was born into== so i came her and i was wonderfully surpried. No fear,no shyness, just a straigh and simple let me try first attitude,, given to me wholly by the Grace of God and sharngs of older NA members,,, who were entranced with Indian Spirituality and thoght it non controversial in regards te content of the 12 Step Tradition of Narcotics Anonymous. so there i am having a feild day with the Silence ,,,, the Quiet Meditation works,,, I sat there and thought Who am I ? What am I supposed to be doing with my life ? and then i thought along the Steps by reciting them in my mind,, firat there was a "deafening" Silence. Then lots of unresolved , dis-ease feelings seem to melt and go away,,, leaving me in peace and enjoying another day in my recovery !! what a difference from being a saxman in the city !!!! and yes i was looking for luck to find an addict to 12 Step,,, ha,ha,ha,,, crazy !!!!
(p.s.,,,, please note im not endorsing any particular form of Meditation or religion,,, jor saying it will work for all addicts everywhere,,, thisis just my improvisation on the Basic Text suggestion;;;; " for Meditation to be effective we need to let the thoughts that arise die a natural death !")
i thought along the Steps by reciting them in my mind,, lots of unresolved feelings seem to melt and go awy,,, leaving me in peace and enjoying another day in my recovery !!
I have done the same thing once recently, I assured myself all was well this way Raman.
Can't beat that grin on your face that says it all Brother.
HEY have you panned out any of that soil to see if there may be some aluvial gold lying about ? LOL any volcanic activity a few million years back that you know of ? HEH HEH.
Glad you had a great day I guess sometimes we have to know that where we're at is right where we're supposed to be at, just this moment everything is OK.
Thanks Raman you are Blessed thanks for sharing this is possible for each and every one of us.
2 of my sisters are going to walk the Camino in Spain in february...i hope to one day do the same. Its an 800 kilometer pilgramage walk.
For now i practice meditation on my bed... i once heard a fellow share that he meditates while driving....not sure bout that...i wouldn't want to be on the same road at the same time...
Actually i am glad you brought this topic up Raman, i would love to read more shares on how my family uses meditation as a tool.
thanks Vin, ha,ha !! i wish gold too,, but this place is magnetite land !!! in fact im waiting for 6am to hold a small black stone givn me by my guide,, he says theres a current flow at that time,, LOL !!! and if its true ill get a Serenity Prayer runes going ! this means 4 different magnetite stones,, small ones with the words God Serenity Courage Wisdom one word each to a stone.They then go in a bag and a recovering addict is to pick one out blind,,, and then concentrate on the particular word on the stone picked from the bag !!!! Its been a Great Meditation !!! Wendy an 800 km walk will be a lifetime achievement,, I suppose a lot of Prayer and Meditation will go into the preperation !!! best of luck,,sooner the better !!!
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Raman an addict clean and serene just for today in NA Worldwide ; live to love and love to live the NA Way !!!
