{"id":2229,"date":"2013-01-30T03:00:17","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/?p=2229"},"modified":"2013-01-27T20:55:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T01:55:28","slug":"the-gift-of-meditation-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2013\/01\/the-gift-of-meditation-part-3.html","title":{"rendered":"The Gift of Meditation (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you wish to experience the wholeness of a meditative moment, just work as best you can to gain your attention. When you can bring your attention home and keep it focused within yourself, it acts as a kind of “celestial collector.” And while it does not actually “collect” anything, it can serve to reveal a whole new understanding of your relationship with the present moment. Awareness of this new relationship is the essence of true meditation.<\/p>\n

The essential pain in our life is born out of our idea that we can do something toward the moment and take something from it that will complete us. What we fail to realize is that any action we take to extract something from the moment to complete ourselves actually separates us, not only from the moment that we have imagined will make us whole, but from being present to the beautiful, quiet energy that occupies the body naturally when our own desires no longer interfere.<\/p>\n

When you are in relationship with your natural body, your natural mind, and your natural heart, you will see how unnatural it is for you to continue to try to give yourself something. You will see that everything you’ve always wanted is never not being given to you. And meditation is the enjoyment of the gift.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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