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quieting my mind through meditation brings an inner peace that brings me into contact with the divine within. as it has over 3 hours since i read this reading and practiced what meditation i could, what i heard then and what i hear now, may be two entirely different things. it really does not matter, as running gave me a whole new time to quiet my mind and listen. in fact, some of my most profound revelations come during my workouts. i am digressing and i need to get back on track. so yes i meditate, and yes i have come to believe that is when i am most capable of hearing the voice of a HIGHER POWER, such as it is. while on most days, i would be hard put, to speak back what i just heard, there are times when i can do so, word for word. i know i am treading quite close to a symptom of mental illness, the whole hearing voices in my head gig. that makes me wonder just how many prophets across the course of history were just plain nuts. one would argue, that in those days crazy people did not hook up, so the incidence of mental illness was greatly reduced, and one might be correct. once again, i train of thought has jumped off the track.
where was i, oh yeah getting in touch or touching the divine within me, through the process of meditation. i am having trouble staying on point this morning, however i do believe i will give a noble effort, before i call it quits.
so the divine within. that in and of itself is an interesting topic. i may not follow any particular brand of spirituality, i may even wander all over the map when it comes to this sort of stuff, but what i do believe today, that the same POWER that provides for my recovery, has a piece of Itself within me. while there can be many labels for instance of the divine, i choose to avoid even going there. one of the few things i take on FAITH, is that spark exists and is more than the mundane physical self, i walk through life trapped within. that spark, connected as it is to a HIGHER POWER is the conduit through which i get to hear that voice. so it is in my best interest to meditate every day, in fact, if i really wanted to be connected i would meditate once every hour or even more frequently, but i live in a real world, where such practice while doable, are hardly practical, as i can barely take in all i need to take in, in my twice daily sessions.
so having said that, i think i will stop trying to stay on point and just wrap this up by stating that today i am grateful that i was given enough patience to learn how to do this meditation gig and to wait until it actually started to work for me.

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