06-20-2011, 12:30 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-20-2011, 12:31 AM by Bring4th_Austin.)
I just recently moved from a very crowded urban environment, in a house with 4 noisy roommates, to a very rural and natural environment with all of the silence I could ask for.
I feel like going through my "awakening" period in the crowded environment gave me an advantage. Like Zenmaster pointed out, I was able to practice discipline and concentration meditating in such a busy environment. It seemed like whenever I tried to meditate, my roommates would start making some loud racket, someone would start mowing the lawn, some sort of construction was going on outside...it was always something. At first this was frustrating, but as I learned to find my inner silence, the frustration faded and I was able to find peace in the most nerve-racking situations.
Because I became proficient at meditating during busy times, I don't notice much of a difference in meditation out here in the country. I do notice several other energetic and spiritual differences though. I realize that I don't need to set aside as much time to meditate, as I'm surrounded by less distractions and in a natural meditative state much more often. I also have much more energy. I feel like living in a more secluded area allows me to enter into different vibrations I couldn't have done sharing a reality with others. For example, I see what I would consider to be devachanic spirits in my garden fairly often, and sometimes even feel like I'm transcending different planes while doing my every-day activities, seeing waves, vibrations, and geometry. Things like that never happened to me when I was around people in the city.
I feel like going through my "awakening" period in the crowded environment gave me an advantage. Like Zenmaster pointed out, I was able to practice discipline and concentration meditating in such a busy environment. It seemed like whenever I tried to meditate, my roommates would start making some loud racket, someone would start mowing the lawn, some sort of construction was going on outside...it was always something. At first this was frustrating, but as I learned to find my inner silence, the frustration faded and I was able to find peace in the most nerve-racking situations.
Because I became proficient at meditating during busy times, I don't notice much of a difference in meditation out here in the country. I do notice several other energetic and spiritual differences though. I realize that I don't need to set aside as much time to meditate, as I'm surrounded by less distractions and in a natural meditative state much more often. I also have much more energy. I feel like living in a more secluded area allows me to enter into different vibrations I couldn't have done sharing a reality with others. For example, I see what I would consider to be devachanic spirits in my garden fairly often, and sometimes even feel like I'm transcending different planes while doing my every-day activities, seeing waves, vibrations, and geometry. Things like that never happened to me when I was around people in the city.
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