When I sat down to meditate, I experienced something beautiful. As I crossed my legs and closed my eyes, and started to concentrate on my breathing, my little dog came out from underneath the table and went straight to me, because he saw that I came down to his level, thinking I was going to play with him. My dog started making sounds, poking his nose on my hand, looking for me to pet him, but I chose not to open my eyes and to pet him or acknowledge him because I was trying to meditate. As my little dog tried to grab my attention for a couple of minutes and I didn’t, it quietly walked away to the corner and sat down. Then a thought came to my mind, “The mind will always try to get your attention with thoughts to distract you, craving for attention, throwing you all kinds of ideas or images, but you just have to observe it and let it be, and watch it die out.”
While I was meditating, I experienced a beautiful blissful quietude of peace within. Suddenly, I thought to myself, wow its pretty quiet, what is my dog doing? I slowly opened my eyes and gave my dog eye contact and it immediately got up and started to poke me again with his nose begging for attention. Suddenly, a a second thought came to me, “Sometimes while meditation, the thoughts that you had previously can awaken again, if you give it attention, but you have to ignore it and continue to keep your mind empty.
I hope this writing has blessed you.
