Some Thoughts And Pointers On Meditation

I was recently asked to give my take on meditation.
Q Is there an exercise you can recommend for strengthening one's psychic abilities?

I replied, Don't HESITATE! MEDITATE..MEDITATE...MEDITATE. Then meditate some more. If you are serious about your psychic development you got to have your MEDS. ..And you need them daily for them to work.

Meditation is very serious soul business, and does wonders to maintain some calm amidst the clutter and chaos of our daily lives. However, let's please keep our sense of humor as well. We never have time for meditation. We have to make time for it. That is how it works. When I first plunged onto the spiritual metaphysical path in the early 1980's, I was taking foreign language classes part time at the university and working part time in the second oldest profession-waiting tables. I worked at The Ramada Inn in Bloomington, IN.

My spiritual teacher told me that in order to open up my third eye and become more psychic, I needed to meditate. So my first meditation sanctuary was the Ramada Inn's Diamond Lil Bar where I worked as a waiter in the restaurant. I was attending a psychic development class at a spiritual center and our teacher instructed to begin meditating daily. I would go there every day on my lunch hour and meditate because that was the place that was the most quiet. The fact that it was filled with so many different spirits, brew and otherwise was of no consequence to me.

I'd simply surround myself with the Great White Light, say a little prayer and sit back with eyes closed for 15 mins. My mind rambled for a few days (I'd go over my laundry list, my shopping list, my who needed to be called list, my you name it list) but slowly my mind became used to this new pass time, and I did begin receiving psychic impressions from spirit. So take it from me, we can always find the time and a place for meditation if we are sincere. Our guides and angels like it when we set a time and create a sacred sanctuary spot where we can meditate. This builds up the energy and makes it easier for our guides to work with our energy. We may think that nothing is happening while we sit alone, still, in the quiet. That is only how things appear to be. In time you will begin to notice that you are beginning to feel calmer, more peaceful, more grounded. You will become more in tune to energies and your surroundings and with patience and persistence you will begin to receive psychic and intuitive hunches and images from your guides. This is one of the benefits of slowing down the mind which is one thing that meditation does for us.

Some people have asked me if you can meditate while performing chores, or even riding your horse or while jogging. I say yes. Any kind of activity that helps to slow down the mental clutter and blabbering that constantly go on can help to put us into a meditative frame of mind. But do take note, that if I am jogging or riding a horse, my mind still has to be on alert and be active so I don't run into a ditch or anything. So if people find that they prefer engaging in some kind of physical activity to help put them in a meditative frame of mind I say go for it. But I also recommend time in the quiet.

I have a lovely CD called heartones that a dear friend recorded which I listen to when I meditate. My friend is a trained jazz singer, a sound healer and a reiki master. She sings exquisitely like an angel and she also tones and plays the bowls and drums. Music can help relax us and help us to meditate. Looking into the flame of a candle, lighting incense, holding crystals, lighting sage and smudging can all help prepare us for our quiet time with our soul. So again, I say, don't hesitate, Meditate and watch your intuition grow by leaps and bounds. And you will feel better, and have more physical energy and stamina as well.