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<h1>Who Has Time to Meditate? A Meditation Technique for the Dynamic Personality</h1>

There are probably as many ways to meditate as there are people
who do it. I&#8217;ve heard so many people say, &#8220;Oh, I
can&#8217;t meditate. I&#8217;ve tried, but it never works.&#8221;
Yet these people still try from time to time because they want to
achieve the peace of mind they&#8217;ve been told will be theirs.
This is especially true for chronic worriers, Type-A personalities,
and other energetically-minded people.
 
 Our methods of processing information are unique for each of
us, and individuality is, in fact, a natural part of our life
experience. While the basic information we take in may be the same,
the outcomes must ultimately vary for each person.
 
 For example, individuality is the trait that makes
&#8220;brainstorming&#8221; sessions successful. A few people may
come up with similar ideas, but they will rarely be identical, and
there will often be enough variety to give managers a great deal of
information to draw upon. Unique viewpoints bring us new products
and all the varied technologies we encounter on a constant basis.
Uniqueness is at the core of our being, and meditation is about
getting to that core, and finding peace within.
 
 Using that same individual-minded approach can make your
meditation session a profound and beautifully personal experience.
 
 Well known methods of meditation include sitting in a quiet
room, focused on breathing, and clearing the mind. However, the
more advanced our world becomes, technologically speaking, the more
difficult it is for many of us to a) find the time, and b) quiet
our minds enough to benefit from a meditation session.
 
 People with especially hectic mind processes can't often
achieve calmness in such settings, and only "achieve" frustration.
Yet, there are benefits to calming one's mind. It does leave you
feeling more at peace, and more ready to take on the next challenge
with much-needed clarity.
 
 With a system to getting to that calmness, that works 
with your personality, you'll no longer grow bored during a
meditation session or start thinking about other things you could
be doing. You'll work 
with your strong imagination and no longer spend that time
daydreaming or making mental lists of things to do tomorrow,
because you begin on a dynamic path that gently moves to a state of
tranquility naturally.
 
 It works for me, for others who have tried it, and it just
might work for you. You'll use the colors of the chakra* (think of
a rainbow and those colors are basically what you&#8217;ll find in
the chakra). You can try the example right now, and later, try the
entire system.
 
 Red will be the starting point for this example because it is
a color not easily ignored, and it is the "root" color in the
Chakras.
 
 &#8226; First, close your eyes and imagine a red table. The
entire table is a rich, vibrant, red. The legs, the top of it, the
underside. There is no other color, no other decoration on it. It
is pure red.
 
 &#8226; Next, envision a red chair in front of the table.
It&#8217;s entirely red too. Even if you envision a cushion, then
that&#8217;s red, as well. Make it a comfortable looking chair that
you&#8217;d sit in if you could, or something out of a futuristic
novel. It&#8217;s your chair. Just make sure it is completely red.
 
 &#8226; Now, once you&#8217;ve got these solid in your mind
as you can manage, imagine that this red table and this red chair
are in a white room. The walls are white. The floor is white. The
door and the closed curtains on the window are white. Any other
furnishings in the room are completely white. Fill it with as much
or as little furniture as you like, so long as all of it is white.
Yet the table and chair are still red.
 
 &#8226; Envision a red lamp on that table. The base of it,
the shade on it, and if it has a cord that plugs into the wall, the
cord is red too.
 
 &#8226; Okay, get ready. You&#8217;re going to envision that
lamp turning on &#8211; magically or manually is up to you &#8211;
but the bulb in it will be red and will fill the room with a soft
red glow. It is a powerful bulb and the whole room is lit in red.
 
 &#8226; Look around at all that was white and see how it is
washed in a soft red now. Go slowly. Take your time and look at
everything and if it doesn&#8217;t seem to have a red glow,
increase your lamp&#8217;s power. Turn on an overhead light in the
white room if you must &#8211; but be sure the bulb is red. Once
you&#8217;re satisfied with your results, open your eyes and marvel
that you made this vision and that it turned it out pretty well for
a first time. Take pride in that.
 
 When one man who tried this visualization/meditation method
opened his eyes at the end of the exercise, he asked, &#8220;When
you do this, does the red from the chair sort of bleed into the
white of the floor?&#8221; That has never happened to me, but
proved the point that while we may begin with the same basic tools,
our results will vary. They won&#8217;t be right or wrong, just
different.
 
 If you&#8217;d like to try the full spectrum, begin again
with red and move through the seven colors of the rainbow: red
&#8211; orange &#8211; yellow &#8211; green &#8211; blue &#8211;
purple &#8211; indigo (a deep purplish-blue). Go through them as
slowly or as quickly as you&#8217;d like.
 
 By the time you get to the end, you&#8217;ll find your
breathing has slowed, you&#8217;ve cleared your mind of worries,
and if you feel comfortable with it, you can move on to pure white
where an even greater sense of calmness can often be experienced.
 
 Even if your vision didn&#8217;t come out exactly as
you&#8217;d hoped, at least you know that you do have the tools
within you to reach your own state of tranquility in your own way.
No one ever ran a marathon without first learning to walk. The more
you do this, the better you&#8217;ll get.
 
 Over time, you&#8217;ll not only create stronger
visualizations, you&#8217;ll find yourself creating settings that
are uniquely your own. If the table and chair don&#8217;t work for
you, try what does. Incorporate your favorite sport or hobby, or
even a favorite location. Make it personal, or keep using the table
and chair. Do what works for you, what matches your dynamic
personality. Embark on your personal journey to inner peace.

*Chakra Colors
 &#8226; Red
 &#8226; Orange
 &#8226; Yellow
 &#8226; Green
 &#8226; Blue
 &#8226; Purple
 &#8226; Indigo (or violet)
 
 

To learn more about Chakras, visit your local library or
bookstore, or try an online search. One source that has been
available for years and offers a basic overview is at
http://www.healer.ch/Chakras-
 
 Another good source is
http://www.sacredcenters.com/chakras.html

<div>Author Info 
Kim-Marie Ward is a professional freelance editor of both
non-fiction books and fiction novels, a ghostwriter, and has
written several articles for various ezines and newsletters (online
and in print). Kim is an author on 
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a site for 
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Writers</a>. Stop by and visit her portfolio at: 
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