You're dead right about EFT+releasing being a great combo together. Releasing while tapping, or tapping while releasing — it's all great stuff.

I've also found throwing reiki into the mix (which basically just means opening a massive tube to the heavens, drawing a ton of energy down & using that to flush out your body) really helpful — particularly with the releasing stuff. Gives you a nice little boost.

Way I figure it, anything that helps, that seems to resonate for you personally..well, that's gotta be good, right? :)

It's — as I wrote back, that discovery that you're not your thoughts.

&, as you discovered — it's really about finding something that works for you — regardless of what anyone else uses.

I've been giving your comment a bit of thought over the last day or two. Trying to distill the essence of it.

I think the point you're trying to make is that meditation does NOT have to just mean "quiet mind." Which is a very valid point — as evidenced by the brain scans (oh & links here are fine, you're logged in, so won't be flagged).

There is something that's quite important, that you've kind of phrased into the middle of this discussion, & that is — letting go of thoughts.

Even with the monk that had a noisy mind, she would have been, as the zen aphorism says "Treat your thoughts like clouds in the sky and just watch them go by."

In my experience, that is THE most important thing. Everything else about meditating you can take or leave. The critical bit is letting go of those thoughts. However many thoughts you have, doesn't matter one jot. Just that you let go of them.. or at least, watch them go by.

That's where the REAL benefits kick in. Why? Because that "letting go" is actually an energetic healing process — it's (more or less) basically the sedona method. & for that to work it doesn't matter whether you're doing it on a mountain or a nightclub.

Great post. Meditation is such an interesting concept that I believe you're right, a lot of people imagine it to be sitting on a mountain top in a white robe saying "OHMMMMMMMM". Though I know the benefits of meditating, even still I sometimes have a tough time getting myself to do it.

It's a great reminder to consider meditating in different ways, such as while walking.

One thing I feel is really important to mention though is that there is a misconception about meditation, in that to meditate properly, thoughts have to be released. I thought meditation was only about clearing the mind as well, but then when I used the Holosync meditation technology, as well as studied there material, I found out that sometimes the deepest meditations can actually occur when there is lots of chaos going through the mind.

…Okay, took me about 20 minutes to find it, but I had to share the article. I don't know where the original posting is from Holosync, but I found a copy posted on another blog. Search in google for "After many years of attempting to find a meditative practice" — Then click the 2nd result which should be titled "My Destiny" (I'm not giving the direct link because it might get flagged as SPAM).

The 1st few paragraphs of that article is by the blog owner, and then the content I am referring begins where you see these words: “Be master of mind, rather than mastered by mind”

Enjoy!

–Sean Patrick Simpson
**The Mindset Apprentice**