I received an email recently from a blog reader who said he was having trouble slowing down enough to meditate. That the time he spent meditating was no fun because it went so slowly.
That’s a common problem for beginning meditators, especially those practicing breath counting or mentally repeating a mantra or phrase.
I have a suggestion for this…
Simply do your best to not let it be a problem. Just devote twenty to thirty minutes each day to sitting and do it, no matter how long it feels like it takes. If your experience parallels mine, a happy day will arrive when your sitting sessions go so quickly you won’t believe that 20 to 30 to even 60 minutes passed like a snap of your fingers. 🙂
Important point: when you meditate (and during your non-meditating time, too), just be.
Breathe in; pause for a few seconds and note the stillness; breathe out; pause for a few seconds and note the stillness. That’s it. Everything you need is right here, right now.
Especially in that deep silent pause between each breath.
Until next time, meditate every day and let it all go.