All I can say is WOW! If you read my post on yesterday you will know that I started reading two new books. One by Dave Ramsey and one by Russell Simmons. The book by Dave Ramsey is more like a guide to financial freedom so it's not one that you can just read without implementing some type of financial plan for yourself, so I can't just sit and read it like I can the Russell Simmons book. I never in a million years thought that I would be reading a book that Russell Simmons wrote. Especially after seeing him on Run's House-the t.v show. Well, lets just say that I haven't put it down since I got it. It's very inspiring. The title of it is Super Rich and you would think that he is talking about making money, but he is not. People always associate the word rich with money and that's not the only thing that you can be rich with. He speaks about being rich in spirit. He explores a world that most people don't care to explore because they are too busy chasing money instead of chasing happiness. While I was reading it yesterday at work, I came across a passage where he speaks about meditation. Every morning when he gets up, he spends twenty-minutes meditating. To make a long story short, meditation is suppose to be very good for your mind and it helps you to focus more so that you can get more done and be a calmer person. I use to think that this was bogus. But my outlook is different now.
During the early stages of my revitalization, I tried meditating. I sat in a quite room to see how long I could just sit still without thinking about anything. It didn't last long. I sat there for about 5 minutes and then I was done. There was no way I could just sit still and not think for an hour. My first session for meditating came from the book Eat, Love, Pray. She spoke of it and I said that I was going to try it. Didn't work. So here I am now back at square one with the meditating. So I am driving home yesterday and while I was driving I thought to myself I wanted to start meditating to calm my mind and get focused so that I could get more done and be a happier person. Then as I got down the road, I turned the radio off and I begin to meditate. Russell said that they give you a word to recite when you get started and the word they gave him was Rum. So I started repeating Rum over and over again until Rum became this deep humming and when I realized what was really going on, I was twenty miles down the road. It was AMAZING! I was focused and I wasn't thinking about anything, meanwhile I was driving and I was just as calm. I wasn't thinking about any problems or anything that had happened that was bothering me. I continued to do this but this time I stopped the humming and just wanted to be in silence. After about 5 minutes of being in silence, I noticed that my breathing had changed. I was taking deep breathes and exhaling slowly. Now mind you, I didn't plan this breathing thing, it just happened. Lets just say that it was the best ride home from work I have ever had. I was so relaxed and I felt good. My mind was clear and everything felt good. Later that night I was so focused from my meditation that I started working on an essay. I started writing and when I stopped I was on page two. This meditation thing is GREAT!
I wrote this blog today to ask you if you have twenty-minutes to spare everyday to meditate? There is no way you can tell me no, if you watch television. The average show is 30 minutes long and i know that most people look at more than one show per night. If you could give up one of those shows everyday, I promise you that it will be well worth it. I gave up my music on my way home and it was so well worth it. This morning I got up early so that I could get my twenty-minutes of meditation in and as you can see, it helps. That's the reason why this post is so long. My mind is clear of clutter and I am thinking of pure thoughts. This doesn't cost anything to do, but you will feel as if you paid a lot of money for it once you feel the benefits of it. All I ask is to try it. If twenty minutes is too long try ten and then gradually move up. Believe me you will want more than twenty after you get started because it's so soothing. But don't take my word for it...JUST TRY IT!
"No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.” - Chinese proverb.
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