Megan ByrneUse Your Virus Scan to Meditate
September 29th 2006 03:20
Even if you don't do it, you can't deny the benefits of meditation. Stress reduction alone accounts for more positive results than you can shake a fist at. (But you shouldn't still be shaking fists after you meditate, you know.)
Some days, though, even if we're good at (which I'm not) completely calming ourselves and shutting the rest of life out for a while, life has a way of screwin' up the works.
Braingle posted a suggestion to stare at something (a pencil, a plant, the dirty laundry) for about 5 minutes to help bring yourself back to focus. I tried it and it works for me. (Didn't make the laundry any cleaner, but I sure could focus a whole lot better.)
Today, though I learned that a run-of-the-mill household high-tech product can be a wonderful meditative tool. I ran a virus scan and was absolutely mesmorized. The left half of the document files line didn't change. It felt like that part of the line was my anchor. The interesting thing was that as I watched the right half of the line while it kept moving moving moving (not sure, but I think three 'movings' with no commas means 'real fast'), I began to calm myself enough to focus and find my center.
It looks like another use for an already useful tool. And, by the way, my computer is virus free.
Some days, though, even if we're good at (which I'm not) completely calming ourselves and shutting the rest of life out for a while, life has a way of screwin' up the works.
Braingle posted a suggestion to stare at something (a pencil, a plant, the dirty laundry) for about 5 minutes to help bring yourself back to focus. I tried it and it works for me. (Didn't make the laundry any cleaner, but I sure could focus a whole lot better.)
Today, though I learned that a run-of-the-mill household high-tech product can be a wonderful meditative tool. I ran a virus scan and was absolutely mesmorized. The left half of the document files line didn't change. It felt like that part of the line was my anchor. The interesting thing was that as I watched the right half of the line while it kept moving moving moving (not sure, but I think three 'movings' with no commas means 'real fast'), I began to calm myself enough to focus and find my center.
It looks like another use for an already useful tool. And, by the way, my computer is virus free.
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