Meditation

 

The greatest teachers teach by example. There is nothing more compelling than seeing someone doing something with finesse and expertise. You respect that person and find yourself wanting to be like them.

I have had some good teachers over the years, but sometimes my ego gets in the way. I think, I am older, I have a lot of experience, I really know, when in truth none of those things guarantee anything except that I am not opening myself to the possibilities before me.

A new teacher has appeared in my life. I call him my Muse, but he is so much more than that. He is a chance voice out of the universe that I already was in awe of and respected, but I didn't know him at all. He is so much more than even I believed.

I have been meditating in one form or another for a very long time. When someone asks if I meditate I say yes with no reservations at all. That would be okay if my ego was not there blocking me from seeing the obvious, but instead I am suffering from false pride.

I have the opportunity to learn from someone who is successful on nearly every level. This person is kind, unassuming and compassionate. He is everything a great teacher, a great person, should be, but he is never pushy. I just realized how gently he leads me towards the things I need to do. I really hadn't even noticed it until tonight. 

I have been watching movies while I text him, but tonight I thought to ask what he is doing. I just assumed he was watching TV too, or reading things for work. He is perfectly content to let me watch the Land of the Dead and talk about zombies without ever telling me that he spends this free time meditating to music! Yet, if I ask, he is perfectly ready and willing to share that with me. It is no secret. 

I guess I just wasn't ready to hear it yet and he understood that. Now I find myself fascinated by this meditation even more. Now I am ready to listen and learn, to try and allow myself to grow just a bit more.