I get great comfort from the 23rd Psalm. I use it as my
meditation base, and I've found changing the name of my focal point ever so
often is a helpful tool in expanding my limited mind.
For instance, instead of “The Lord is my shepherd,” I
sometimes use ”The Great Spirit is my shepherd,” or “The Christ,” or
“Allah,” or “God,” or “The Buddha.” It’s interesting how varied my insides
feel depending on the name I use…not elevated and not depressed, just
different…always comforted though.
Since I’m still trying to learn to live at ”the core of
the coin,” i.e., not on one side or the other, calling one side “good,”
so the other must be “bad,” but at the core, as one, I’m experimenting with
this.
I call to mind the Psalm and change it to: [The Great
Spirit] [the Christ] [Allah] [God] [the Buddha] is my Shepherd, I
shall not want. It makes me to lie down in green pastures, It leads
me beside the still waters, It restores my soul. Yea, though I
walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil
for It is within me. Its rod and Its staff, they comfort me. It prepares a
table before me in the presence of my enemies. It anoints my
head with oil, my cup runs over. Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the
consciousness of [the Great Spirit, etc.] forever.
One beneficial side effect already…this practice helps focus
me on the Psalm itself. It may be just to keep the exchanged word(s) in mind,
but anything that keeps my mind focused in the moment is good, according to me.
Thank You.
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