Day 20

Today's meditation explored the concept of living agelessly. It is funny how once we reach a certain age we almost stop celebrating our birthdays, and dread the thoughts of growing older. A few years ago I did Dr. Oz’s Real Age Test, where it asks you 100 questions about your lifestyle, habits, genetic history, etc and calculates your real age in comparison to your calendar age. Depending on your answers you could be much younger than your calendar age or much older. At the end it gives you a listing of how you can improve your real age and you can go back in a few months and add in the positive changes you have made and it will then recalculate your real age. After doing today’s meditation I am definitely going to go back and try it again. I feel good physically, mentally and spiritually so to me aging is just a number, not a definition of who I am.

If you are truly engaged in present moment awareness, age is nothing but a construct. How can we age if in pure consciousness there is no time? Yet we mark years on a calendar, or watch with worry as our bodies begin to change. By focussing on these external milestones, we are missing the true point of our lives - that we are alive to love and be loved, live our highest calling and to seek enlightenment. Still we live in a world that constantly bombards us with images of youth and beauty and the outer trappings of seemingly good health. In fact over time, many of us begin to associate good health with youth and start to believe that once we reach a particular age good health becomes illusive – completely out of our reach. How can we change our minds so that we are impervious to the illusions of external messaging and false beliefs? 

Meditation connects us to the true reality of who we really are, making this a habit is an important way to live; free from any calendar or clock. We can also change the way we talk to ourselves and alter the feedback loops originating in the brain, so that positive messages resonate with the intelligent cells of our bodies. Equally important is to engage in activities that ignite our passion - our fire for life. Pursue your interests with abandon; spend time with good friends and people you really love. Give generously of yourself to people in need, and causes that excite you. Celebrate every moment in your life by living with limitless joy. When we do all these things time stands still; in this unbounded state of awareness time and age are no longer our concern, and we find ourselves without effort living agelessly. Don’t deny one single moment of your life and existence. Celebrate every moment with vibrancy and vigour.

Centering Thought:

I am ageless and timeless.

Sanskrit mantra:

Aham Brahmasmi. - The core of my being is the ultimate reality, the root and ground of the universe, the source of all that exists.

Mindful Moment:

Consider an activity that really excites you. Make the commitment to engage in that activity for some time every day. Witness how time stands still when you indulge your passion and you become firmly rooted in the present.

Interesting links:

Meditate for 3 months – download the Life Wisdom Trilogy 

How to change your life at any age

 

"Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been." —Mark Twain