Day two of meditation.

I lost my body.  It’s not sleeping.  It’s a very aware state.  It’s just… almost out of body, really.  It’s very grounding, peaceful, clearing…. I came out of my meditation very comfortable with me.  It was as though something had moved inside of me– flipped a switch maybe, that changed my “I need to be this way” into “This is me.” I really like this sense of… comfort?  Is that the right word?

Before I was born, my mother and my father ran this business, “Float to Relax.”  It was a place containing a number of sensory deprivation tanks, that people would pay to come in and float in for set amounts of time– half hour, hour, etc.  In my mind, it reminds me of a tanning salon: that in and out, that time for silence… But it was likely more to it than that.  In the late seventies, these tanks were inciting out of body experiences– hallucinations of sorts.  They were a craze that no one really talks about much any more.

Honestly, I’m not uncertain that this meditation business isn’t somewhat similar.  I can see why it offers health benefits– it’s rather important that we all take some time out every day to just BE… to let go of the other things in our experience, to give ourselves time to process, to rejuvenate.  Many people I know struggle to sleep, even.  This, to me, would be a super helpful means of assisting the mind-processes in order to speed up the process for when it’s time to actually nap.  Interesting. I only did it for half an hour.  I feel like I slept an entire extra night’s worth of sleep.  This could be good.  Very, very good. Now… off to study for another chemistry exam.  I can do this!  *grin*

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