Are you where you are?

Once in a while...you would read something and it makes you think...(no I'm not talking about my homework, my required readings or my notes)...but I randomly read articles talking about random thing...




Recently read an article (just posted today) about how a wandering mind can make you unhappy.


It's an interesting concept, idea, or even a hypothesis.  However, it's been long known in some traditions.  


At least in the practice that I've known, focusing on completing a single task is what people learn to do in meditation practice.  As you sit observing your breath, you also observe your mind.  How would your beautiful mind run around like a maniac trying to find things to do...trying to find something to occupy when a task at hand is already determined.  All it needs to do is observing a single breath out and a single breath in. 


As simple as the task sounds, it is not an easy task.  Have you ever noticed how fast your mind processes a certain information?  How can a mind process the information so fast? through memories? through repetitions?  through familiar circumstances?  everything that you have done...is there in the mind.....you might not know it but it's there.  Given the right circumstances, they will resurface without you knowing it. 


The article touches on the surface of the wandering mind....yes there is so much more to it...but I like what one of the researchers said :"“I find it kind of weird now to look down a crowded street and realize that half the people aren’t really there,”


As much as we don't want to admit...it's so true...half of us or more than half of us are not there...why is it so?  We're there physically but our minds are not there.  How many times you sit in a car, in a bus and instead of knowing that you are sitting...you are thinking...what's for dinner...what's for tomorrow...how to solve a problem at work...


We are constantly occupied.  I am no exception.  I am constantly occupied.  However, once in a while, when taking a minute out of the busy...if you can just focus on one single thing...no matter what it is...just do it...your mind will calm down...and be at one with your body...then you will realize what peace is all about...


Maybe we are never at peace with ourselves because our mind and our body talk at the same time but in different subjects.  May we say, they aren't synced? When the music is not synced correctly, the sound might not be as pleasant.  And depending on out unsynced the two are, the sound might be not too be or really bad.  


So...take a moment of your life...even just a minute...focus on one thing...just one thing... close your eyes...and listen to your breath...observing your breath...you will see...what your mind is doing...but just note it...don't let your mind take control...your body needs attention as well.  So then...just practice...one by one...bit by bit...eventually, just like a piano once adjusted, the sound will be extremely beautiful.


It will show...the reflection of the mind...in the body. :)