Hello from Amsterdam

I arrived in Amsterdam this morning and I am absolutely beat from the travel. The flight from SF to Amsterdam is a brutal 9.5 hour trek that departs at 2:35 PM PST and ends at 9:45 AM CET. You basically fly all afternoon and land right when your body is telling you to go to sleep. It’s brutal.

I’m running on perhaps a 2 hour nap, but I am trying to stay positive and make it to a reasonable hour to pass out. I wish there were some easy fixes for jet lag. Perhaps next time I’ll start looking at some medication to help with falling asleep for the entire 9 hour flight.

Onwards…

I had a fantastic meditation the other morning. It’s hard to describe the feeling when you hit that perfect meditation but it’s somewhat of an out of body experience. You are one with the meditation and feel as if you are almost hallucinating.

It’s an awesome byproduct of meditation when it happens. Many that begin meditating seek these experiences and unfortunately for them, that’s not how this works.

When you meditate, you know the practice is working in your life when mindfulness shows up when you are not meditating. The more and more you practice, the more you realize how much of an affect meditation has in your everyday life. Practicing trains your brain to be more aware and awake in all situations.

Meditation is a practice. One that you must dedicate time in order to reap the benefits. The benefits start to show up when you are not meditating. If you deepen your practice enough, you may be able to start realizing some of the benefits during the meditation as well.