When I look back on recent months, perhaps even years, I am astounded at the change in time spent on meditation, a core aspect of my energy practice.
In decades past, I have looked into meditation but it has never stuck. I would do it once or twice but complain that it was not for me, or that I was not really getting any noticeable impact. Perhaps I was at a state of being where meditation wouldn’t have noticeable benefits, at least the ones that were reported by popular “experts” and media. I was already able to dream journey so there was that. I could hold states of meditation for as long as a practice was given; I would not get distracted or want to get up and do something else. But initiating regular sessions escaped me; I wasn’t motivated to continue. And so often when I talk about meditation with clients, it would mention that meditation may not be right for them, and to try it and see.
Looking back now, I believe there was something really important missing. That was the underlying purpose of why I was meditating in the first place as well as seeing consistent progress, and reaching important milestones.
Back then, it was all about staying calm and trying to activate my parasympathetic nervous system. Maybe some work in fear and anxiety, but not a ton as I was a pretty calm person overall. Still, some biohacking measures showed me I was “sympathetic dominant” and I sought to bring my nervous system back to balance. To be honest, this was not enough to keep me meditating more than a 5-10 minute trial. Busy days were easily taking me away from these practices. I also was unable to clearly discern truly major results from this practice as I was a pretty calm person generally. So what would more calm look like? The only measures I had were from an advanced HR/HRV/EEG unit I had which kept telling me I was SNS dominant no matter what I did.
Not great motivation! Or it could be that meditation wasn’t the resolution in any case. Either way, not much motivation to keep meditating.
Fast forward to today. I find myself in meditative states every day and multiple times a day. What changed?
The main thing present today is a PURPOSE for practicing. One strong enough to create a condition where I would WANT to practice. NEED to practice in order to reach goals. And goals powerful enough for me to practice in order to WANT to reach them.
My main goal now is to simply be the best energy healer I can be, to serve as many different types of people as possible, in as many ways as possible, and do it as efficiently and effective as possible.
In order to do that, I need to MEDITATE. And in specific ways. Not just what the apps give me but actually ones tailored to my goals. So now I have a great PURPOSE, and SPECIFICITY tailored to my goals, AND I see results in my work across all the metrics I named above.
For the clients and practitioners I work with, they often find it difficult to maintain their energy practices without a powerful PURPOSE. For clients, this could mean something in their lives that requires meaningful change, and not just a nice to have but it must be NEED TO HAVE. Otherwise, they simply won’t do it. Just like what I experienced in the past.
You’d think that practitioners wouldn’t have that problem but they do. Many often are set in their own states of expertise and capabilities. To want to change them usually requires more energy practices and that takes more study and more time. Often they are content being where they are (although this brings up the question of why they are coming for more practitioner training here). Change is hard, even if for the better!
So there is often a need to be shown where the deficiencies are, where their areas of effectiveness aren’t where they think they are, and whether it peaks their interest in what they get when they improve.
Ultimately, the unearthing, designing, and placement of the PURPOSE is what helps anyone maintain consistent energy practices.
