I begin mediating as a part of my process of recovery on dependency on drugs and alcohol. I often ask people, “Do you meditate?” I think just asking the question is doing service, because I believe it’s a good thing to look at the contents of ones own mind, otherwise one might find one’s self ruled by thoughts that don’t serve them very well. I know this has been the case with me. Meditation can take many forms, and no doubt you do some form of meditation whether you know it of not. I make a practice of sitting and focusing on my breath for an half hour to an hour and fifteen minutes a day. Some people knit. Some people jog. Some people turn the ride their motorcycles down winding roads. What ever you do, what ever works for you, when ever you find yourself having those “Aah Hah!” moments. I’ll loosely define those moments as meditation.
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Running has become my meditation over the past two years. I am lousy at sitting still, but the rhythm of running works to clear my mind. I used to run away from things all the time, so I sometimes think of this as running towards… towards God, perhaps.