“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way of entering into the quiet that is already there—buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day.”- Deepak Chopra
What he doesn’t know is that my brain doesn’t belong to the average person. My brain thinks probably 150,000 thoughts a day. I don’t think there is a “quiet” already there. Truly. I wish it was that easy. I get insomnia because I can’t stop thinking thoughts, many of which are random…. I hope I recorded Lost, or I’m going to be pissed…… Dammit dog, quit with the farting…..The hip bone’s connected to the…..thigh bone; the thigh bone’s connected to the…..Hey, I have to remember to change the laundry…… The shower needs cleaning…..I wonder if I should go to the grocery store. Let’s see… we need fruit and veggies and laundry soap ….. Did I sign the permission slip for the kiddo’s field trip…….….. I wonder how much is in the bank. I’d better check that…… The thigh bone’s connected to the…..no, wait, I already went through that……..When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie……………I’d better check on……
See? Random.
Ok, so I’m warped. We knew that. The point is that I don’t think that I have a “quiet”. Is there anyone else out there like that, or just me?
