Post by stickmonkey on Jun 20, 2007 9:36:50 GMT -5
June 20 --------- Meditation for beginners
"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.44-45
"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.
pg. 178
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"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.44-45
"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.
pg. 178
Just For Today Daily Meditation is the property of Narcotics
Anonymous ©
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.