Many people harbor a misconception that meditation has its singular roots in the world of Eastern Spirituality. In fact, the tenets of meditation is present as early as in The Bible. It doesn’t require a lotus position or strange mantras. It’s actually a recognition that there are two paths which travel through our brain. Each path has its own voice.
One voice is the sound of the body- it can be loud, disruptive, angry, overwhelmingly sad, frustrated or jealous. It’s a voice driven by the chemicals of our brain that pump stress through our body exactly as we see it happen to the animals of the jungle.
Because stress is a sign of necrosis or dying tissue, it really gets our attention.
Stress occupies a prominent space and can, without even trying swirl our thoughts in a kaleidoscope of darkness that drowns out focus and light.
The other voice is the sounds of your soul. It is calm, powerful, and can be filled with an amazing light. The goal of all of the meditations that the little teachers of Kids Kicking Cancer use is to quiet the noise of the body- To create a light that can overcome the inner darkness of pain, fear, anger, stress- When you will feel this light you will find the sound of your soul.
In the Bible, the Hebrew word for the soul is neshama, it is from the the word neshima, or breath.
The pathway to the soul can be found by learning how to use your breath to quiet the noise of the body.
In the thirty meditations that we will learn together over the coming weeks with Rabbi G, you will discover the power of your neshama, the light of your soul. Each meditation will build upon the other, using similar phrases and tools allowing your mind to grow from one experience to the next, building an inner platform for the voice of your soul.
What will make this exercise different from any other meditation in the world, is as you gain access to your inner light, you will be allowing the children of Kids Kicking Cancer to know that you are learning from them. When you give them purpose, they have less pain. Every time you listen to these meditations, it lets them know, immediately, that they are teaching the world.
We call that Power – Peace – Purpose
Let us begin together and take the next three minutes to begin this journey to find the power of the soul.