The art of difficulty lies in looking at your big problem, then breaking it down into lots of little problems that you can work so when you put the little solutions back into place the whole is a big easy rather than the difficulty you were faced with. It may never go away and there will always be new difficulties, but like a hammer away away we go.
With this in mind I have been turning to my practice of meditation as I have been perceiving great difficulties with it. Particularly in the fact that I can’t.
The small problems that I’ve managed to break it down to are
1) Lack of discipline
2) Finding a stable position to meditate from.
1. is easy. Discipline I can achieve with the myriad of techniques available. The difficulty is mainly coming from 2.
2. Is difficult because it relies on the fact that the sound mind operates from a sound body, as the two are inter-related. The body, in this particular, mine, is the problem because of a number of factors.
a) Poor posture
b) lower back pain
c) stress levels
d) bad diet
e) smoking
f) slouchiness
g) pain, generally. Everywhere.
So to address these, I am going about as many options as I can.
I am going to a Chiropractor to sort my back and spine out.
Yoga to sort my muscles out.
Relaxation methods to aid this process.
Affirmations to make this happen.
Relaxation pills.
The lot.
The problem is… its not working yet. Its fustrating and difficult not being able to achieve my goal of inner peace when my body feels like its deliberately working against me. Working against my because of the choices I made on a day to basis which have affected who I am in the now, and now I must continually make painful choices to become what I want.
Still, success lies through the difficulty I am sure.
I will keep you updated. Assuming anybody reads this, which I imagine is a small number indeed.
