Sitting in meditation, you might get to the ten minute mark and suddenly get the impulse to stand up, to do something else - anything else! The impulse feels like a compulsion, and it feels very real and very imminent.
When you observe it a little more closely, you’ll notice that it’s just an idea. It has no more control over you than any other idea.
As we continue to watch our thoughts, we find some that have a relation with the ego, and we notice that they have certain components. Perhaps it’s a demand of ourselves “I must be a better meditator”, or a comparison “I must be a better meditator than my colleague”, or some kind of unusual boast “Now that I’m such a good meditator, I will be more attractive.”
It seems like these thoughts come from a sense of lack, a sense that we need to justify our own existence, that we need to be more in order to earn respect. What would life be like if we could accept in this moment, that we are acknowledged, we are loved, we are respected?
For notes and transcript go to: Just an Idea A Beautiful Thought