Surfing Feels Like...

 Today I came across this video on the addicting reasons for surfing.. I was not surprised when each person described the feeling  they got while surfing. To them it was like a deeper connection to self . In that  moment they are letting go of all thoughts and merging with the wave. As I listened it sounded like the sensation of mediation we all seek but through an act other than a sitting lotus position . No I am not trying to be sarcastic  but we all do still hold that concept when we think of meditation.  I know I sure did when I was introduced to the concept of meditation.  I had known of prayer and it sounded the same to me but it was just called something different and came from another part of the world. we are not born with concepts they are learned either by experience or by being taught by someone outside our self. So you can see that in a way surfing is meditation as is for some doing the dishes is. How many of us have a loved one or friend who when they need to relax or they are stressed they clean. Everyone should have someone that meditates like this in the family. it would be great when it came to the house work. You see we all have a different way of connecting to self and to the Universe and God. We all have different temples where we worship but it is the act of being connected to something greater than or more submissive then our self in that moment and holding that feeling long enough to know it has made a difference in your life that matters. it's the following your bliss, the being still in the moment and looking around. Its those moments when we touch the fact that we are alive that will matter the most over the years. We are so busy connecting to gadgets all day long that we forget to connect to ourselves let alone a higher understanding. I use many forms but my favorite is the bath. It is the one place I feel safe and surround by an element that gives life to the planet and all its children.. That is my moment of oneness . that place were I connect. It is in that simple act and the surrendering  to the moment that opens my heart in many ways that I can not explain.... what is your mediation? what moment do you chase, where do you connect and if you haven't,  find your moment and take it and watch what happens.. My new  2013 mediation practice will be to commit to a simple daily yoga stretch to help me stay connected to my body and mind..

    Remember meditation comes in Many forms. Wikipedia explains meditation as  a practice in which an individual trains the mind and/or induces a mode of consciousness to receive some benefit,[1]although it can be argued that meditation is a goal in and of itself.[2]

{The term meditation refers to a broad variety of practices (much like the term sports), which range from techniques designed to promote relaxation, contacting spiritual guides, building internal energy (chi, ki, prana, etc.), receiving psychic visions, getting closer to God, seeing past lives, taking astral journeys, and so forth, to more technical exercises targeted at developing compassion,[3] love, patience, generosity, forgiveness and more far-reaching goals such as effortlessly sustained single-pointed concentration,[4] single-pointed analysis,[5] and an indestructible sense of well-being while engaging in any and all of life's activities.}

but it also is the act of connecting to oneself in that moment and allowing the feeling to keep calling you back....