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Words that touch me and made a difference in my life.

There’s difference between meditation and prayer, though both practices seek
communion with the divine. I’ve heard it said that prayer is the act of
talking to God, while meditation is the act of listening.

-Elizabeth Gilbert, in Eat Pray Love.

These are simple words that really triggered something in me… Listening to God. Have i ever listened to God?
I was taught to chant a word that has some significance to me again and
again to start with, during meditation. I had to focus my mind on the
one thing. Think of nothing else. It wasn’t so simple. Thats when my
mind used to bring in the most wonderful moments of the worst
nightmares. Meditation was a chore that i’d rather do tomorrow.

Now,
that the word has been equated to something so simple as listening, i
am not terrified anymore. Listening. Listening is easy. Listening is
fun. I love to listen to AR Rehman’s music, the birds in my garden at
noon, my garden gate creaking announcing the arrival of my husband, the
happy laughter of my kids.

I now love to sit in my room, alone, silent, visualizing the infinite black of the universe and listening.