An old zen adage says “You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day – unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour.”
Let’s face it. We’re all too busy. Our minds are scattered all over the place and we’re constantly on the run. I know. It’s the same for me. If there was a pill that kept us energised and focused we’d take it. Which is funny. Because meditation has the same effect, but we’re reluctant to put aside a handful of minutes to sit still and be present.
A few weeks ago I had meetings booked all over Sydney – from Surry Hills to Silverwater. It was the Friday before the long weekend. Not the best day to be driving all over town, traffic was a nightmare. I’d had a busy week and wasn’t as prepared as I wanted to be. C’est la vie.
I arrived for the Silverwater meeting about 20 minutes early. I was trying to run through what I wanted to discuss, but my brain was fried. It just wasn’t absorbing the bullet points on the piece of paper in front of me. So I did something I little out of character….. I meditated.
I had the Spring mini-meditation on my phone, so I played it. Just under 10 minutes was all that I needed. I didn’t even close my eyes – it seemed a bit too bizarre sitting bolt upright in the car with my eyes closed in the middle of suburbia. But I zoned out. And it felt great. My thoughts slowed down, my breathing normalised, the effects of the coffee I’d had in my previous meeting diminished and I regained my focus.
And I secured a new sponsor for Spring in the meeting.
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