For years, I missed the point of meditation

I thought it was weird

Photo by Karsten Winegeart on Unsplash

For years, I missed the point of meditation. I thought it was weird, some anti-(insert your religion here) thing that I couldn't be bothered with.

Then I thought it was something that would impart peace into my life - not true.

Then I thought it was a way to reduce my high blood pressure - wrong again.

Then I figured it was a stress-reducing practice - strike three.

It made a bit more sense when I dropped the idea that meditation would give me what I was seeking.

When I realized that it was actually my seeking behavior that was the issue, I was free to meditate for no reason whatsoever.

Now that sounds weird.

And then…….

When I accepted that meditating wouldn't earn me anything - like hitting the jackpot on some cosmic slot machine and - "Ding-ding-ding... we have a winner here, congratulations, you're now enlightened. Who's next? How about you, little lady?"…

That’s when everything changed.

The funny thing was, I wasn't alone. Everyone I knew held similar…