Keeping silent - a little look at meditation.

Today I decided to say my Lauds (Morning Prayer) in Church at about 7.30am. The sun has barely risen over the hills here in Kampar and there I was at Church in the early morning. The Church was dark, the only light was the little sunlight passing through the Church's window and the red lamp for the presence of Jesus in the tabernacle.

After reciting my Lauds, I tried to meditate.

Meditation is a form of keeping silent and being one with your thoughts, to be in company of nothing but silence and in a comfortable position whereby you get to think and ponder. Many people get the notion that meditation is a deep focus on something; which is true, but sometimes meditation can also lead your mind to stray a little; and that what happened to me this morning.

Despite being strayed in mind, it was directed to parts of my life I usually wouldn't want to think of, and it was also directed to things I tend to overthink. For example, one of the thoughts that came to me was what would happen if I were to met in an accident while a friend is beside me, and another is a thought of actually completing my assigned work on time! The straying of thoughts does not mean one is distracted, it actually gives a certain kind of enlightenment to the mind. It provides a sense of thinking of a what-if, and it gives a clarity of thoughts.

So, if you're reading this, try to meditate, let your mind run wild, but keep focus as to what it runs into. Try it in the early morning, don't be afraid of dozing off, because once in deep meditation as asleep as you might look, your mind is actually running as if you're dreaming. Best of all, if there is nothing coming to your mind just "Whoever has ears, let them hear!" - Matthew 11:15.

Dawn - the sun rising behind the hills