You know,
One of the big obstacles to people's spiritual progress is,
And I've seen this over and over again,
Is that it can be easy to feel that you have to do something to yourself in order to make spiritual progress.
Now it's much more an unfolding.
So I mean,
I see people like moving into the correct position for meditation and doing the breathing and everything,
And it's wonderful.
But,
You know,
Maybe we're just trying to be a really good girl or a really good boy,
And we're running a tension in there.
We're trying to set up the proper structures,
Do the forms properly,
And we're doing it with,
I'm not okay as I am,
And I have to impose this structure upon myself in order to be good enough.
Now that is just so sad because you are a divine being in human form and spiritual practices are sure,
They're really important,
But you know,
When you sit down,
You are more important than the position you're sitting in.
So sure,
The sitting position in meditation is,
It's important because say things like a straight back help reduce the number of thoughts in your head rather than if you're slumping,
You will tend to have more thoughts.
So it's important that way,
The position of meditation is important because it will further you in your ability to listen to your true nature.
It is not more important than you.
The center of gravity is in you.
You are the divine being.
The information coming from spiritual traditions have come from thousands of years and you know,
In the East particularly,
They've learned what works.
So that's the point of these rules and regulations.
They're to help you experience your truth.
You're the divine being in human form and these spiritual practices are just there to support you in learning how to blossom.
Okay so just notice when you sit down to meditate or do another spiritual practice,
How you're doing it.
Whether you keep yourself in the practice or whether you sort of step aside from yourself in order to do the practice right.
That's the problem and it's quite subtle.
Anyway bless your hearts,
You're just infinitely precious,
Just as you are.
Okay blessings.