Day 203 - Lesson 202

I am not a body.  I am free.
For I am still as God created me.

(182) I will be still an instant and go home.

Why would I choose to stay an instant more where I do not belong, when God Himself has given me His Voice to call me home?

I am not a body.  I am free.
for I am still as God created me.

As I first began my regular meditation practice just over a year ago, I remember wondering how I was going to fit meditation into my already over-burdened schedule.  I was worried about that, but certainly willing to give it a try.  I had no struggle with the morning meditation.  It was the evening practice that was most difficult.  My day at work never ends at a regular or consistent time.  It's all based on the activities and needs of the organization.  Some days it's 5:30, some 6:00, and still others later.  There are often evening work functions, board functions, community functions to attend.  And, of course, there's the beagle - she needs a walk (as do I) every day, too.  As time has marched on, I find that the meditation practice has become an integral part of my day and it takes priority.

I felt especially blessed today because I was able to experience a third meditation.  It was a guided meditation, the voice of David Ji, in the hills, in the sunshine, holding hands with a special someone, while the beagle sniffed through the tall grass.  David Ji, when he's teaching meditation, says, "What happens in meditation isn't what's important.  What's important is what happens the other 23 hours a day." 

Meditation is listening to God, to Spirit, to Love.  It is taking 'an instant to go home.'  It is the thing that makes us glow.