Picture this... standing on the shore of the beach. The tides rolling in the the pulse of your heart beat. The rapids bring a peaceful wave to your soul. It fills you up from the top of you head flowing ever so smooth though out the body. The smell of the salt from the water and seaweed against the shore. The sound of the wind blowing and with it comes the most tranquil experience feeling one with the ocean. The very rhythm captures you. Are your eyes open or closed? Can you feel your breath as you breathe in fresh rich oxygen that opens up your wind pipe and feel your self exhale? Well are you picturing this moment now?
Well with the right sort of music, aroma and comfortable spot I have had the ability to picture amazing things first by experiencing the pleasure of being in that place physically once upon a time, and second by imagining back that place in my mind. In fact it is so easy to get in the state of utter serenity just by turning on the right music. The brain is such a complex infrastructure inside the human body that so much other things are going on the exact same instant you are feeling the meditation within. This complicated organ has not even been completely researched and explored. There is so much to be discovered. So if I know how to get into the state of serenity. The part that gets me is the quick rush reversal that I experience. It comes on rather suddenly and most often unpredictably.
So all at once my heart is beating so fast. My palms start sweating. With out even thinking about I begin breathing harder and harder. How in one instant can I go from a state of serenity in to a state of panic. I hear the sound of thunder crackling and the waves roll faster and harder. I smell the fungus and the overwhelming smell of seagull poop and remains of decaying fish. I see the sun disappear behind the black and purple storm clouds. My body somehow feels like a statue waited down from my head feeling hardly anything below me. Then in a few minutes of time which feels like eternity I fall to the floor into fetal position. I take a deep breath in again. My muscles are so tense its like I am trying to blow up the thinnest balloon with out even getting the slightest bit of air through. Eventually time ticks on and I begin to come back into my skin. I start to become aware of my body again. The world around me stops spinning and I find a soft space for my head on my pillow. I remember to be thankful for what I have today for I know I am blessed. I look forward to the day that lies a head. I am careful to take note to the feeling of my break down as I know its not going to be the last. But I never now when it will call again. All I know is there is so much misunderstood about what the brain can and cannot do. Its this puzzle that has so many rocks and crevasses in it to maneuver through. Its controlling the whole body. The parts that are noticed and the parts that are invisible.
So, can you picture this? When is the last time you found serenity, tranquility? When was the last time you noticed your breathing? What does your serenity place look like to you?
