Meditation: The Medicine of the Mind

Meditation: The Medicine of the Mind

Meditation can be thought of as the medicine of the mind.  The beauty of meditation is that it teaches the mind to focus.  In today’s world our mind is extremely over stimulated.  We have scattered thoughts that jump from one thing to the next as our head spins with to-do lists, scheduling, prior conversations, relationships, stress about time or financed, etc.  This isn’t even taking into account the thoughts that manifest from our wants, desires, and insecurities.   Add to it the external stimulation with advertising, technology, cell phones, emails, texts, noise pollution– the list goes on.  Our poor spiraling minds!

In meditation we train the mind to focus on one thing, and this ability to focus helps us see the separation between who we truly are at the core, our thoughts and all the “things” that make up our life.  There is a huge distinction here, yet it is not always easy to understand the difference.  We live in a society in which we are taught to find our self worth in everything outside ourselves.  We measure our value through our achievements, careers, financial success, popularity, possessions, how busy we are, physical beauty, etc.  But here is a little secret–  THIS IS NOT WHO YOU ARE!  These “things” are always changing and are actually a way we give away our own personal power.  If we take all of these external things away and strip ourselves down to the core, to our true essence, that is who we truly are!!  And no one and nothing can take that away.  When you really start to see your inner beauty, and feel your inner beauty, you will realize how amazing you are without any of the “things” that make up your external life!

Here is another little secret– ALL THE “THINGS” THAT MAKE UP YOUR EXTERNAL LIFE CAN DISAPPEAR AND/OR BE TAKEN AWAY IN AN INSTANT.  Perfect example:  Look at the situation in Haiti.  Every single thing the Haitians had, all their possessions and everything they had built and worked towards, everything they knew in terms of external “security”– instantly taken away with zero warning.  And this was all completely out of their control.  What’s left?  Spirit, love, hope, faith, and the beauty that is inside of them every single day that they can share with one another.  This love will bring them together to rebuild, setting a foundation that will be extremely strong and powerful.

When we are able to strip down our lives and truly come to see our inner beauty, there is a sense of security that no one and nothing can take away.