Yes, it is a great paradox that one must do something so "boring", but the end results are creating a much more exciting and engaging reality.
Seriously, just meditate. Don't overthink it. You can do it for FIVE MINUTES, just do it every single day. I attribute nothing else as highly to my own peace of mind as I do my serious, daily meditation. I feel like Ra, and Q'uo, beat us over the head with that one. Take the time in meditation, every day, to connect with the creator. It's not about how well you do, or if you have visions or hear voices - which I NEVER do - it's about intention - the intention to take this role as an adept seriously, and make a serious attempt to seek the Creator every day. As enlightening as it can be, posting on Bring4th is not seeking the Creator in the same way. Meditation is a very specific and deliberate and necessary means of seeking the Creator for someone who is serious about integrating spiritual philosophy.
I think of the computer analogy all the time. Think of a really super fast desktop computer. But it gets tons of malware and adware installed constantly that drain all the background processes. Meditation is like rebooting your brain computer and getting a (basically) clean slate to work with - and after a reboot to kill all the idle processes, the computer runs much more quickly and smoothly. Of course, slowly the processes that drain its power build up... so you need another reboot.
It also grows the brain. It's proven science that daily meditation grows matter in the brain. I've said it before, but I think absolutely everyone on this planet would take a pill that grows their brains - and even pay lots of money with their labor for it - but nobody wants to sit down for 10 minutes a day thinking about nothing. Which is understandable, there is so much to think about! This planet is so exciting!
Here's my experience: Yes, meditation itself is boring. Yes, I have to fight against a huge struggle to distract myself often. During meditation, it feels good, I like it a lot, but I don't open the tent to a circus or anything. I find the effects are very subtle but accumulative - things don't trigger me to anger or frustration near as much, I receive/feel "spontaneous insights" throughout the day much more regularly, and, for outward manifestation/confirmation, I have strangers comment on my energy/aura/presence with praise and positivity. This isn't to brag, this is to speak of what I see as the intangible effects of meditation. What I believe is directly, physically happening while we meditate is that we are lowering the frequency of our brainwaves (fact) so that outside guides/friends/our higher self are able to download/integrate/help reprogram the jumbled electromagnetic mess that happens inside our complicated mind complexes.
Think of this analogy: Ra says there are Two Paths, of course in fact there are many paths. Inside our brains are paths - neural pathways that thoughts travel upon. Every time we think a thought - "I'm not good enough" for instance - that thought travels down the same pathway. Eventually, that pathway becomes so well worn, that thoughts just find there way there - "I'm not good enough" is an easy and well-traveled pathway, much more in use than many of the others. We can definitely create new pathways with our will - positive mantras, written reminders - which is a lot of effort and time and catalyst and well worth all of it. But I think meditation is a passive way to rearrange our neural pathways so that our thoughts are less distorted.
Seriously, just meditate. Don't overthink it. You can do it for FIVE MINUTES, just do it every single day. I attribute nothing else as highly to my own peace of mind as I do my serious, daily meditation. I feel like Ra, and Q'uo, beat us over the head with that one. Take the time in meditation, every day, to connect with the creator. It's not about how well you do, or if you have visions or hear voices - which I NEVER do - it's about intention - the intention to take this role as an adept seriously, and make a serious attempt to seek the Creator every day. As enlightening as it can be, posting on Bring4th is not seeking the Creator in the same way. Meditation is a very specific and deliberate and necessary means of seeking the Creator for someone who is serious about integrating spiritual philosophy.
I think of the computer analogy all the time. Think of a really super fast desktop computer. But it gets tons of malware and adware installed constantly that drain all the background processes. Meditation is like rebooting your brain computer and getting a (basically) clean slate to work with - and after a reboot to kill all the idle processes, the computer runs much more quickly and smoothly. Of course, slowly the processes that drain its power build up... so you need another reboot.
It also grows the brain. It's proven science that daily meditation grows matter in the brain. I've said it before, but I think absolutely everyone on this planet would take a pill that grows their brains - and even pay lots of money with their labor for it - but nobody wants to sit down for 10 minutes a day thinking about nothing. Which is understandable, there is so much to think about! This planet is so exciting!
Here's my experience: Yes, meditation itself is boring. Yes, I have to fight against a huge struggle to distract myself often. During meditation, it feels good, I like it a lot, but I don't open the tent to a circus or anything. I find the effects are very subtle but accumulative - things don't trigger me to anger or frustration near as much, I receive/feel "spontaneous insights" throughout the day much more regularly, and, for outward manifestation/confirmation, I have strangers comment on my energy/aura/presence with praise and positivity. This isn't to brag, this is to speak of what I see as the intangible effects of meditation. What I believe is directly, physically happening while we meditate is that we are lowering the frequency of our brainwaves (fact) so that outside guides/friends/our higher self are able to download/integrate/help reprogram the jumbled electromagnetic mess that happens inside our complicated mind complexes.
Think of this analogy: Ra says there are Two Paths, of course in fact there are many paths. Inside our brains are paths - neural pathways that thoughts travel upon. Every time we think a thought - "I'm not good enough" for instance - that thought travels down the same pathway. Eventually, that pathway becomes so well worn, that thoughts just find there way there - "I'm not good enough" is an easy and well-traveled pathway, much more in use than many of the others. We can definitely create new pathways with our will - positive mantras, written reminders - which is a lot of effort and time and catalyst and well worth all of it. But I think meditation is a passive way to rearrange our neural pathways so that our thoughts are less distorted.
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