Dimming the Volume
The world is noisy. Between the demands of work, plans with friends and their stories, non-profit board meetings or whatever else you have going on, there is meaning behind it all.
In sitting meditation, it is possible to maintain your focus on two objects at the same time. There is you, and then there is the air conditioner going on in the background.
The air conditioner is doing its thing and you don’t let it knock you off of your centre.
While life can add a lot of noise into the picture, don’t let that noise become your focus.
Your Most Creative Work is the glowing light at the centre of the image above. Do your best to keep zooming forward into that image by chipping away at your projects in manageable increments.
These small wins help you zoom in, and gradually the volume and the brightness on the TVs become dimmer and quieter.