Meditation is so powerful.

In this morning’s meditation sangha at St. John's, a baby cried for nearly thirty minutes while we sat together above the preschool entrance. We were reading a teaching from Thich Naht Hanh about peaceful communication. Specifically, the importance of listening to another’s expression of pain. I was enjoying sitting with these ideas, but when the baby started crying, I felt frustrated. It was hard to meditate with all that suffering going on! It didn’t take me long to see what was happening. I relaxed and made room in my system for the crying. It was easier than I thought. I was present, not moving away, not creating a story, just allowing. The simple practice of holding space for another being in my own. I dropped into such a state of peace that when the baby stopped crying, I almost missed it. What a beautiful reminder of what we can cultivate in our own bodies.

Meditation is so powerful. As we sit, we unwind the nervous system, we relax the body, we touch into our connection to all things. In this state, we can begin to come out of our unconscious programming and step into creator energy. We can see the possibility of transformation. We can allow new ideas to flow in. Healing happens on its own. As we relax, a signal is sent to the system that it’s okay to move out of survival mode, to shift, to grow, to expand. We come into the allowing again and again and witness what happens. It feels like miracles are possible here.