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Meditation

So last week I talked about journaling, this week I want to talk about Meditation.

Meditation is a practice that I believe, along with Journaling, are two of the most powerful, foundational and essential practices for a life of TRUE health, ease and prosperity. While there are many different forms and variations of meditation, from still to moving, open to focused, they all have their benefit and their place in the toolbox.

While many people meditate, those who have a true consistent and disciplined meditation practice is far fewer.

While there is innumerable research articles on the benefits, I care less about 'science' and 'research' and more about how do we feel and what do we notice and experience when we meditate?

From an simple processing standpoint, with the amount of data and information that every human is exposed to every day, if we aren't setting aside even a simple 5 or 10 min of intentional stillness and silence, our computing capacity is going to be bogged down just like a computer with 10 different programs and 30 different tabs open.

Erick Godsey a podcaster and thought leader, has been focusing a lot of his work recently on the affects and impacts of modern technology on our ability to focus, and he cites numerous sources as to how damaging modern technology is on our ability to focus, comprehend and complete tasks. He proposes the idea that we train our brain and our attention like a professional athlete would train his body. And that meditation is the primary training exercise to become a mental athlete. And that to do so would be one of the most beneficial and supportive endeavors to achieve.

As I personally come to grips the observance and intimacy with my own attention and how often it gets pulled away from my desired intention, I have come to see a greater and greater correlation to the intentionality and focus of my attention and the quality of my experience.

Which is why I believe that true, deep healing requires incredible attentional capacity. To be able to hold ones focus and attention on their pain, their dysfunction, their dis-ease, their resistance, their story, as well as the beauty, the love, the magic and the abundance of this experience- all requires attentional capacity and all is required for true health and healing.

So a few questions:

What is your relationship like to your attentional capacity?
If you were to rate it on a scale of 1-10 (10 laser-like 1 being a squirrel)
What is your meditation practice?

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