On the way home after meditation, I turned on the radio out of habit. I turned in back off after just a few station switches. The radio was messing with my content feeling! I then remembered something I wrote a while back about addition. ADDiction is an attempt to add something we unconsciously feel is missing. I believe that “thing” we are missing is the feeling of contentment, aka a feeling that everything is okay right now. While driving we will turn the radio on to busy our already busy discontented minds, at parties will have a drink to take the edge off, or take a long slow puff off of a cigarette at break time in order to slow down and chill.

I’m not judging anyone I am just sharing what I have felt and noticed; after all I dipped for years. A lovely habit I picked up in the military. I hated it and I thought it was disgusting, so I did it secretly. I did it when I was in my car or at home. I mostly did it when I was stressed (the opposite of content). Meditation is how I was eventually able to stop.

I hope this meditation helps you feel content, and less likely to need something to fill an empty hole hiding out somewhere in you.

Peace out and IN!!! Jon