Meditation

There is a period when I want to sit and stay silent like a hibernating squirrel in winter. And there is a period I woke up from the long sleep, looking up

blue sky and feeling like talking to the whole world. Having gone through bumpy roads for a while, now I can trully cherish early spring brossom of DC. And I decided to launch a new blog.

Among all I want to write, the first topic I want to chose will be,,,

Meditation

Meditation has been, by far the most revolutionary experience and the strongest tools I had in my life. I encountered with the practice around 1 year ago, when I literally needed to forced myself into seeking for peace of mind in wake of a trouble. Trouble is blessing. Trully. I couldn't imagine what my life today'd be like without meditation, and the trouble which brought me there.

Closing eyes,
Focusing on the present moment,
Noticing everything happening in body and in the heart.

This simple steps have a power to change the world.
I am not so called Buddhist as I believe Buddha didn't try to start an "organized religion". But, I have to say this.

Thanks the world to bring us Buddha.

2000 years ago a scientist who experimented everything sorely through his body, mind and spirit, without using any complicated instrument, found the most edgy scientific truth of the millenium, or zillenium,,, the science to how to make peace in this world.

Oops. Am I sounding like stoned?

But it is unfortunately true that we have not made much progress in terms of quality of society and our spirits, with all technological advancement etc. Wars are there, weapons are, greedies are,,, All those monkey stuffs are still there. (sorry monkey to say that.)
I long thought that such things are unavoidable, human beings are after all monkey, resources are limited, and people wants more. That is the reality.

But I am not really sure about what the reality is, after I learned meditation. I realized, this human world is consisted of each individual. If individual changes, the world also changes bit a bit.

There are some US public schools where teachers are teaching kids' in stress meditation practices. Obviously the trial benefits both kids and schools as way more number of kids started to go to the school. (and, the nobel idea is from the west coast, friend. Gee.) I feel it is just a matter of techniques to eliminate misery of the world, if we who consists of society are wise enough to take in the underlining wisdom for their own benefits.

Fear, anxiety, anger, irritation, jealousy,, I have a great package of all these nice ingredients in me. The world's misery is all within me.
Despite of all aggressiveness and negativity I hold that I nurtured throughout my life, I know I can convert this negative energy into love, compassion and acceptance. This radical idea of producing the positive out of the negative sounds totally counter-intuitive. Buddha's ideas all challenge the nature of human minds in this way, that is why it is so COOL.

When I accept more and more negative side of mine, very very slowly but gradually, I see seeds of war are dying off within me. It will take decades. But someday, may I be able to spread my peace of mind around me like a wave circle on a water...