"The key to transformation is to make friends with this moment. What form it takes doesn't matter. Say yes to it. Allow it. Be with it." ~Eckhart Tolle
This morning I made friends with my moment of meditation. I let go of any expectation - any outcome. I simply focused on breathing and being. Nothing dramatic happened. But then stillness is not dramatic, is it?
I am grateful for the wisdom of Ram Dass. In his book, "Journey of Awakening", he cautions those who meditate to be open to whatever experience comes without judging - having NO opinion at all about a meditation session. Ram Dass said, "It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path....." This advice removes the pressure that I am doing something wrong if something grand doesn't happen. I accept it as work. Its funny that just "being" could be work, isn't it?
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