Although I thought I was very familiar with the inside of Aladdin’s closet I just discovered a ledge sticking out of the inside wall. It appeared to be just the right size and height to make a comfortable seat. So I sat down. Just as my bottom was about to land a cushion materialized and I landed very softly and at ease.
I had been contemplating a new meditation and I wanted to try it out in the closet. I focused on my breath and waited for thoughts to arise. As they did I sorted them into three categories : thoughts about the past, about the future, or thoughts or sensations about the present. My intention as with most meditation is to be here now. Whenever a thought came up related to the past or present I would let it go and return to the breath. Soon less distracting thoughts of past or future came along and I was pulled deeper into spiritual gravity. I felt expansive like a giant radar dish taking in all the moving big airy waves of being.
I shifted away from the breath to a contemplation of what is spiritual gravity? What is it pulling me towards? I sensed it was pulling me towards my center; my heart, towards and into the Heart of the Universe. Suddenly a visualization of the big bang swept through my mind and I felt the eons of time as star dust became gases, particles and planets. I watched the planets develop and grow people. It seemed similar to the way trees grows leaves each year and fruit trees grow fruit. In made perfect sense to me. The earth grows people. Although we are not as rooted into the ground as trees or plants we are filling ourselves each day with same earth, air, water and sun light.
Slipping back into the original contemplation of dropping past and future thoughts felt open, light and free. The thoughts had been a covering up of now. They seemed like a mask or clothing hiding what is actually happening right now. When in the now unclothed or undressed by past or future I saw myself as a naked manikin . Being free I could decide what emotion to dress myself in for this day.
I usually choose happiness.
Spiritual Gravity 