Early this week I felt myself getting sick, and I resolved that I would not get sick. And I was just in the middle of a chapter in an energy healing book about meditation. OK, energy healing people, I thought, I will test this and meditate myself into not getting sick. I will stay well out of sheer determination. Bring on the meditation and the associated immune response!
Hmmmm. Problem: I haven't ever been able to sit around (or lie around) and meditate. I tried lots of times because it's supposed to be so good for people with MS. No dice. A while back I figured out how to sort of meditate while playing the violin, though. So on Tuesday night I lay down and put on the Magic Forehead. And then I listened to my gut.
Suddenly my gut is my gauge for many things. It has never in my life been this way, but about two months ago I hugged the Dessert Fairy for a long time, and was utterly astonished at the peace that settled over me. I felt calm and relaxed in the stomach for the first time in a year, maybe more. Now I'm having trouble remembering the last time my gut was truly peaceful. But it is now. And now I'm taking care of it, feeding it good things, often saying no to sugar just because I don't feel like eating it (!). Whoa. What happened?
And now I can meditate. Now I have stomach awareness. Put on the forehead, then check in with the stomach. It's amazing. After three minutes, I was relaxed and full of...well, some kind of energy. Coolness. Except that I felt warm. Extreme mental clarity. Peace. I fell into a deep sleep and woke up feeling wonderful. Not sick at all.