Meditation Part 2
November 25, 2025
Meditation as a Spiritual Practice Part 2
Once we close our eyes and follow our breath, we have virtually shut out the outer world. As we “go down into the deep of our own being,” we relinquish to the Higher Power. And because we have surrendered to the Divine, our meditative experience is like being on a guided tour.
In meditation, we sometimes see black, sometimes white, and sometimes colors. But we do not produce our own movie, our ego does not ruminate about our tasks, our problems, or about other people. We surrender to a spacious mind in the container of divine love.
In surrender, we can receive an array of insights, emotions, and sensations that bathe us in quiet, renew our spirit, and uplift us. When we emerge from meditation, we may not recall a single thing, but our bodies, minds and hearts have shifted. They responded to the stillness and reached a point of relaxation. Our minds feel freer. Masters of meditation often say after leading a meditation, “Take note of your present condition and keep it as long as you can.”
If you take only 10 minutes to sit in the quiet and if you surrender control of your thoughts, you have entered meditation. When we first begin to meditate, 10 minutes may seem like a long time. But as we increase our time, we wonder where the time went.
Meditation is a reconnection to the Divine that we experienced as a soul child. The soul child has not fully developed cognitively, but she lives in her Holy Idea, even if she cannot say that idea in words. She is often in mindless states in which she perceives impressions from “heaven” not by her own thoughts but by the flow of grace. Out of this state, she is in awe, sings with bliss, and is in wonder. Mediation anchors us in the deep of our own being where we experience that we are part of the Divine. So, when we are in mediation there can be a kind of regression to the bliss of our soul child.
I recall when I was a soul child, lying on my back in the clover. I may hear birds or the drone of an airplane, or the whistle of a train. I may see clouds overhead in the shapes like clowns, bears or castles. But my greatest sensation was the groundedness and support I felt. It was blissful, and today thanks to meditation, I can enter that bliss once more.
Self-inquiry: What are three reasons I would not include meditation as part of my personal spiritual practice?
Prayer:
Dear God, In the meditations of my heart, I draw close to you. Amen.
