Shakti Meditation's Blog – June 2016 Archive (2)

“Everyone has a feeling of void inside them.



And we constantly try to fill this void

with food, with sex, with drugs,

with conflict and distractions,

with beliefs and knowledge.



Our entire modern culture

with all of its gadgets and social media

thrives on keeping us distracted from this void;

keeping us looking for the next…

"As you start to grow in awareness in meditation,

it is like you have all of these rubber bands attached to thoughts.



You are present, and then you are pulled back into thoughts.

You move back into awareness,

and then you are pulled back into thoughts.



But every time you rest back into awareness,

those rubber bands start to burn…