2021 2 1 MEDITATION 101: A BIRD’S EGG VIEW (Part 5 of ?)

Obviously, we don’t meditate for meditation’s sake. 

Nor do we meditate so we can tell ourselves and others that we meditate. Meditation, in and of itself, is like the shell of a bird’s egg. It’s just a shell. Yet, as such, its simple but essential role is to permit the growth that is wanting, waiting, and willing to naturally occur inside of it. 

But, without the shell, there is simply no possibility of a bird. 

Without meditation (a.k.a. centering or contemplative prayer, etc.) there is no possibility of the particular kind of growth that is wanting, waiting and willing to naturally occur within each of us--the kind that requires a safe, quiet, protective, away-from-the-world setting. But with this shell, the kind of lasting, authentic growth you can actually see when you look back on your life--the kind you and I can feel in the present moment--the kind that fosters faith, hope and wellbeing for the sake of world’s and our own future--can and will occur.

Naturally.

TODAY.

LET’S GIFT THE WORLD & OURSELVES A GIFT.

LET’S TAKE TIME TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE THINK.