Rising into Peace

As I practice rising into peace, I just notice how stressed I sometimes feel because my mind wants me to jump up and get to work on my to-do list. 

Rising

I'm not really sure how to describe what I'm experiencing in meditation these days.  Maybe "rising" is going to be the best I can do.

A few days ago I had the sensation of rising up out of myself into a place of peace and quiet.  Of course, my thoughts intruded eventually and I came back down.

I've been experimenting with "rising" on purpose and it turns out I actually can do it when I want to.  Now there's a happy thing.

Listening

Still sitting for 10 minutes in the morning.  Still peaceful and writing down the ideas that come to me from listening for guidance.  I am enjoying this.

Still Listening

I'm still doing meditation by listening.  It's a happy way for me.  I'm just writing down the thoughts that come to me and carrying them out to the best of my ability.  I haven't had thoughts that would indicate I should do anything immoral, unethical, dangerous or mean, so I'm not worried that something bad will happen by carrying them out.

Listening

I think I've been just listening for direction for several days now.  I'm more comfortable with this way of meditating than any of the other ways I've tried. 

I write down the thoughts that come to my mind and then try to carry out the actions in my day. 

Just Sitting

It's not a great idea to have my phone keep time for meditation.  It might ring.  That's what happened yesterday and I automatically answered it.

Today I just sat and listened.  I wrote down the thoughts that came to mind.  What usually runs through my mind is a to-do list.  I might have to sit a very long time before the to-do list gets quiet.

Forgetting

Once I have missed a day or two of meditation, I have a lot of trouble resuming.  I've read that that is true of all habits. 

However, I have not given up.  I've also resumed the practice of listening for guidance and writing down the thoughts that come to mind.

I don't necessarily think I'm getting a stone tablet kind of guidance, but at least I'm getting an idea of what I think is important.