Energize Yourself Every Morning

Morning is the best time for all meditative methods. It is the time when the whole existence is waking up and one can try different methods. It is the time when the whole existence is waking up and one can try different methods of meditation.

The moment you wake up, get connected with your being. And the best way to get connected is to become aware of your breath. Watch your breath – coming in, going out. Watch it. Don’t breathe, just watch. Passive watching. Listen to the soft and subtle sound of the movement of your breath.

Listen to the birds chirping outside your house, sound of breakfast being made in the kitchen. The newspaper boy has dropped the paper outside your door. You can hear the sound of vehicles on the roads. These are situations you have no control over. You can listen passively and there is no need to get involved with them or judge them. Just listen to them in their totality without choosing anything.

This can be the best method of relaxation and acceptance. Later in the day you can stand somewhere on the footpath and watch the constant traffic go by. You have nothing to do with the traffic. So many things are happening and you are not involved. You are simply watching.

Now doing the same passive listening in the morning in your bed is a good start of the day to experience relaxation. One develops patience and slowly and consciously you will be free from any kind of rashness or roughness in your behavior.

Listening passively in all its totality – the sounds coming from kitchen and street, the aroma of food being cooked, everything is reaching your senses. This something that you have not created – it is just there. You can just accept it without any involvement.
Now move the arrow of your consciousness within. There is traffic of all kinds of thoughts. They are there. You have not invited them.

They are not your consciousness creation. As you watch the traffic on the road by standing aloof, watch these thoughts too, but don’t get involved. Your mind is broadcasting thoughts. You can hear them, they are so loud, and they have their own sound and visuals. Just watch and listen to the talk going on inside your head and look for the gaps. You will notice the small gaps in between.

Be alert and stay in the gap, it may not happen on the very first day. It might take several days to find gaps. But there’s nothing to worry about and no need to get impatient. Just enjoy this passive listening and watching and stay in your being.

Now, after this you can get up and walk to your bathroom. Remember to remain inside your body with full awareness when you get out. Stay tuned as you walk. In the shower, let every cell of your being feel the wonderful sensation of water. Be a child, play with water, but always remain alert inside.

Let water fall, alternatively on different parts of your body. Feel them tingling, refreshed! And then finally let there be a feeling of liveliness in your whole body.

This feeling is not only delightful, it is divine. Remember to enjoy this whole exercise. Be playful. Being playful is part of meditation.