I have heard about many forms of meditation. Some are very reasonable to me. Others are somewhat esoteric. Some involve only yourself and others involve aromas, candles, roots, fire, smoke, you name it.
I like the simple ones. The ones that you don't have to go to Bed Bath and Beyond to get the trappings. Ones that are just me and myself.
I tried one the other day that seemed somewhat simple and even childish (this is my ego talking here!) One is suppose to use it when someone in your life gets you upset, rubs you the wrong way, etc. I thought I would give the old college try.
It involves nothing more than keeping a running word going through your mind. That's it! Repeating a word, over and over, in your mind. Even I couldn't mess this one up!
So the word? Love.
Yep.
Love.
Everytime I would think about this person in my life that made me feel aggravated I would start repeating in my mind Love....Love.....Love.....etc.
I felt silly the first 100 times I said it. Then I put it to music. I would pick themes from TV shows and replace all the lyrics with "LOVE". Try that with Gilligan's Island or The Jeffersons or even Hawaii-5-O.
I found that after about an hour I felt love toward this person. In fact, every time I thought about them I would smile because in my mind the connection was no longer with the aggravation I had previously associated with them, but the silly and ultimately fun repetition of Love in my mind.
I had to watch when I was doing it though. I had lunch at a restaurant and almost called the waitress "Love" without realizing it. Oh my! I could just picture that that would be the day that I was pulled over by the police and addressed the officer as "Love". So many funny possibilities.
Anyhow, back to the subject.
Try this meditation. The least thing that will happen is that you feel a little foolish. The most....that perhaps you feel love toward that person, over and above whatever they did to aggravate you.
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