Meditate

When something seems to keep coming up around me, I think that means it is something I need to pay attention to.  And the idea of meditation and mindfulness seems to be around me lately...so I decided it was worth studying and pondering...

Meditating on the scriptures/word of God

Joshua 1:8  "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success."

Psalm 1:2   But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

D&C 43: 34 Hearken ye to these words. Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the ^aSavior of the world. ^bTreasure these things up in your hearts, and let the ^csolemnities of ^deternity ^erest upon your ^fminds.

35 Be ^asober. Keep all my commandments. Even so. Amen.

Psalm 19:14  14 Let the words of my mouth, and the ^ameditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my ^bstrength, and my redeemer.

President McKay said, “Meditation is the language of the soul. . . . [It] is one of the most secret, most sacred doors through which we pass into the presence of the Lord.”


I began this post back in September...did a bit of studying about it...but not as much as I wanted and so I saved the post and planned to come back to it.  My class has been challenging this school year...and in November, through a few different things that happened, I decided to have my students practice mindfulness each day.  Twice a day, we do 3-5 minutes of breathing and mindfulness exercises.  It hasn't solved all of our problems, but I do think it is helping some of my students.  And it gives me 6-10 minutes of quiet and calm time each day which I think is helping me to be a better, calmer, more patient teacher most days.  By no means would I consider myself an expert but I do think it is something to continue to learn more about and practice.