It has been quite some time since I stopped by. I am so excited for you about this new program and doorway that opened for you with this new Masters’ program at Maharishi University of Management. I only wish the very best for you my friend…I want to wish you and your loved ones a very HAPPY AND HEALTHY THANKSGIVING!

I want to share my own Personal experience on meditation.

I have been practicing Meditation for past 4 years, i joined the Dalai Lama’s Dharamshala in Tibbet.

Once when i was practicing Meditation, my voice was completely out of my body. Its was 3:50 in the Morning.

I felt so mystic, so refreshing, so charged up.

It was a try calling.

I am so much thrilled.

Stephen, did you have any such experiences?

Thanks

I was draw to your website by something a friend wanted me to do. He told me that I should write a contract with God/The Universe. I though that it was an interesting idea, but I wanted to let the idea simmer for a while.

Then I can across your Ezine@rticle “What’s your Contract with God?”

So, I now find this blog and I must say, are further along on this path that I find myself on.

I am so grateful for your insights.

- Danna

It’s been an interesting experience so far. No one meditation is exactly the same but it’s all part of diving deeper within myself and helping my consciousness evolve. It’s one reason I’ve chosen to attend Maharishi University of Management. I’m pretty excited about the new adventure. All faculty and students meditate twice a day on campus–how unique and cool is that?!?

I’m so glad you found this write-up to be of interest to you Tim! Thanks for the congratulatory note about the acceptance to MUM. I’m really looking forward to the complete unknown, especially since I’ll be the first hearing impaired student at this school.

How I’ve stuck to twice daily meditation is simply by doing it immediately after waking up and telling myself to do it again around 4. It’s a discipline I’ve been able to stick to with relative ease. I simply work my schedule around those two times. Interestingly enough, almost every time I mediate, those 20 minutes go by extremely fast. It’s unbelievable but it’s true. Every time I open my eyes to “check” the clock (since I can’t hear a buzzer or anything), I’m almost always opening them 20 minutes after starting!

You would have known whether the meditation you took was TM because you have to take it from a certified TM instructor who takes you through 7 steps that begin with the introductory lecture followed by the preparatory lecture at which point you work one on one with this instructor for the following 4 days (about 2 hours each day). So you unless you went through this process, you probably used another form of meditation.

As for whether I meditate with my legs folded or lying flat on my back, with TM, all you need to do is sit comfortably in any way you like (but not lying down as that is for sleep). So the answer is no, it doesn’t matter in TM (but they do recommend you sit up and not lie down).

Your “spark of clarity” is wonderful! That was your spirit talking to you. Often times when walking among nature, if we are oen enough, thoughts, ideas come to us from spirit. Sounds like you caught the message. Congrats!

I enjoyed reading your comment - thanks for pouring out your heart with me and the rest of us here at this blog.

I wanted to wish you a belated congratulations on your acceptance to your new school! I am happy for you. I also wanted to say that I really enjoyed your post because I’ve been interested in meditation lately, but have lacked the patience to stick with it for long. Your analogies gave me a great sense of what you were experiencing.

About ten years ago, I took some yoga classes which included meditation at the end of class(I’m not sure if it was TM). There were moments that I felt so relaxed that it is undescribable. That yoga and meditation made me feel so at peace with the world. My question to you: when you meditate, do you sit up legs folded or do you lie flat on your back? Does it matter in TM?

It is also worth mentioning to you that today I was walking around my nearby park and had an idea, a spark, a moment of clarity. I was brainstorming about ways that I can combine my passions to help others…suddenly there was something in my mind that told me that I should teach meditation. Seriously. I’m not sure if this is something I will do right away, but I will be looking into this very soon.

Anyhow, sorry to ramble. I really enjoy reading your posts and hope you will continue writing when school starts. Take care.

Tim

Thanks Jason - apparently your comment did make it after all - strangely enough, I didn’t get notification of it through my email as that’s what’s supposed to happen.

Anyways, your thoughts about my spiritual gifts dominating in the visual area make a lot of sense.

Wow, I loved how you ended it “In time, I promise you that your spiritual gifts/abilities will make themselves known to you.” I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately and it’s reassuring to know this on an intellectual as well as emotional basis.

Thanks for chiming in!

JJ