40 Day Meditation
I've struggled with mediation for a long time. I would always find myself falling asleep in the process. I recently decided the best way to strengthen my spiritual man would be trying my hand at mediation for 40 days. I am currently two weeks into it. I would like to share some of my findings so far. The purpose of mediation is much deeper than sitting still and breathing slowly. Deepak Chopra says it best, “Prayer is when you speak to God, but mediation is when God speaks to you.” Day 1 of my 40 day mediation I went to YouTube to find some soothing music. I found a 7 minute selection and figured it would be a good start. During the first go round, I noticed my thoughts were running wild. I found myself thinking about everything. I would hone in on a thought and begin to have a conversation with it. Then out of nowhere I would feel my body jump a little bit like, “You’re not mediating you’re thinking”. So my first lesson in mediation was developing a habit o