These five steps were found in my syllabus for my mediation class. The professor listed them as ways to succeed in the class, but perhaps they are applicable to my life as well...
1.) Commune with God. Give self quiet time every day to meditate, ponder, and pray. Listen to the spirit and let it teach and guide you.
2.) Read and learn with passion. Seek for new ideas. Wrestle with them.
3.) Rediscover yourself. You cannot know what to think if you do not know who you are. Learn to think for yourself. Don't be afraid to challenge old ideas and ideas of those around you.
4.) Learn to live with uncertainty. there are no easy answers to the problems that plague our lives and the world. At times contradictory ideas will be present. Immerse yourself in different viewpoints. Try to sit with contradictory truths.
5.) Step out of your comfort zone. We must be the change we wish to see in the world. Change can be scary. Don't be afraid.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
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Five good steps. Thanks for the reminder. Soaking in a tea bath in Soeul, the only splotchy white woman there, I was so far out of my comfort zone, I felt calmly, exhilerated. How's that for a contradictory truth.
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