"For some, prayer is asking for God's help; meditation is listening for God's answer...Quieting the mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings us into contact with the God within us."
Basic Text, pp. 46-47
"Be patient when you're learning to meditate," many of us were told. "It takes practice to know what to 'listen' for."
We're glad someone told us that, or many of us would have quit after a week or two of meditating. For the first few weeks, we may have sat each morning, stilled our thoughts, and "listened," just as the Basic Text said - but "heard" nothing. It may have taken a few more weeks before anything really happened. Even then, what happened was often barely noticeable. We were rising from our morning meditations feeling just a little better about our lives, a little more empathy for those we encountered during the day, and a little more in touch with our Higher Power.
For most of us, there was nothing dramatic in that awareness - no bolts of lightning or claps of thunder. Instead, it was something quietly powerful. We were taking time to get our egos and our ideas out of the way. In that clear space, we were improving our conscious contact with the source of our daily recovery, the God of our understanding. Meditation was new, and it took time and practice. But, like all the steps, it worked - when we worked it.
Just for Today: I will practice "listening" for knowledge of God's will for me, even if I don't know what to "listen" for yet.
I love to meditate. When I get into a deep meditation the feeling is wonderful. i come out of it with a peace and serenity that is hard to describe. It feels sorta sparkly.
Yes the power of consciuosly getting into a state of meditation is peaceful and serene! Taking time to "stop" take off for awhile' always brings me back energized and seemingly more aware of whats going on...in and around me
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
I love to meditate. When I get into a deep meditation the feeling is wonderful. i come out of it with a peace and serenity that is hard to describe. It feels sorta sparkly.
Me too, often it is the only time my mind stops thinking and just idles peacefully.
