In meditations that I listen to there is a repeated concept that comes up over and over: begin again.
Accept what happened, and begin again.
You wanted to meditate and get into an empty state, it didn’t happen, your thoughts strayed, so what? Begin again.
I see all of life’s challenges as nothing more than the chance to practise acceptance until I must ultimately accept my own death, so plenty of practise is preferred.
That’s not to say I don’t have ambition and experience joy, quite the opposite. By focusing on acceptance I am able to live happily in the present more often without guilt or anxiety.
So how do you begin again in life? Answer three questions:
What do I have?
What do I want?
How can I use what I have to get what I want?
Accept what happened, and begin again.
You wanted to meditate and get into an empty state, it didn’t happen, your thoughts strayed, so what? Begin again.
I see all of life’s challenges as nothing more than the chance to practise acceptance until I must ultimately accept my own death, so plenty of practise is preferred.
That’s not to say I don’t have ambition and experience joy, quite the opposite. By focusing on acceptance I am able to live happily in the present more often without guilt or anxiety.
So how do you begin again in life? Answer three questions:
What do I have? What do I want? How can I use what I have to get what I want?