Meditation Equation

I’m focusing more on meditation in my prayer routine once again. I used to have a fairly disciplined routine for meditation, but let myself fall away from it. Participating in the free course sponsored by Oprah Winfrey featuring Ms. Winfrey and author Eckhart Tolle has helped me see the need to return to meditation, to temporarily set aside the outside world. The course features Tolle’s book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose. You can still get enrolled for the course, and all past episodes are online at Ms. Winfrey’s site to watch or download.

A priest recently gave me a wonderful suggestion for my meditation practice. He said to go to with Mother Mary to see Jesus. I was to ask Mary to put her hand on my shoulder as I spoke to Him, then focus on the feelings of what I wanted to release, not the words, and to talk to Jesus as he’s on the cross (since we’re in Holy Week). I was to look in his eyes as I talked to him. I followed the priest’s guidance and felt some release of my burdens. Whatever form your meditation may take, I encourage you to develop a regular meditation time. Five minutes to start is great. Pray, asking your Creator what you want, then take time to meditate, listening to the messages that are being given to you. All of the answers we could ever need are within us - we just need to open ourselves to receive them.

Peace!