wanderer said:
I think a good way to view this is to think of doing this program as if your life depended on it as well as the life of others. Thinking in these terms does help me to be consistent about doing the breathing and meditation/prayer at a schedule that works best. Also, another good way of looking at it is that doing the program consistently will help you to deal better with your intense work schedule.
I’m going to start using an alarm clock in the morning to wake up early enough to do the breathing exercises before going to work (on the weekly schedule that works best for me) while always doing the POTS daily at night (and sometimes during the day as well). So, just as a suggestion, setting an alarm clock to get you going in the morning might help to maintain consistency .
For me the best time to do the program is when I don’t feel like doing it! Then, when doing the breathing program I’ll make an effort to just let go and really get into the moment of it and not try to rush to get it over with. It’s not easy since a lotta times I’ll rush it but there are those times when I’ll really get into it and connect with my body while doing it. Each breath then becomes what it is, a moment that I’m simply breathing and there are no thoughts of work or rushing to work, or thinking about other things. Then at some point my inner state changes and there is a feeling of renewal and the new day that I’m facing now becomes a day of open possibilities with my energy restored.
Another thing that might help is to think “through” the program as if you already did it and, throughout the day, picture yourself sitting there the following morning doing the program and completing it. This doesn’t mean that you know what you’ll be experiencing when you’re actually doing it the next morning since each time you do it in actuality there will always be a uniqueness to what you’ll be experiencing internally. But picturing yourself doing and completing the program will, I think, at least help get your body into the drivers seat at the schedule you choose for yourself!
It’s like in Judo or the martial arts. You have the fight already won and the opponent soundly defeated before the fight begins. The ending of the fight is where you begin it. But as to what actually takes place during the actual “battle” is something you don’t know since it’s open to all possibilities. In this case I view the “opponent” as my own entropic nature that doesn’t want to make the efforts.
It was awesome. The only voice in my head was one that was observing and talking about the things that I just described. I spent the evening with friends, and all the usual programs didn't seem to take hold. They were just passing thoughts. It lasted all evening until I went to bed. The committee returned the next day, but that experience was pure serenity. It was wonderful.
