No day passes that we don't feel like we're being pushed or pulled toward something. It's an invisible energy that may or may not have a positive destination. We just know that we showed up and answered the call. I wish I had the strength or knowledge to walk a path where the reply to this so called pulling is, "Hey! I've got this handled." Most of us aren't designed like that. The other day I spent a few moments sharing a conversation with Mike Love from the Beach Boys. An open field of message sharing fed by streams of awareness. Which means what? Because we both have chosen to live the lifestyle of making meditation an important part of our process we were united in being mindful of the moment. My meditation is Nidra. His is Transcendental. Although they both are part of our present atmosphere each are separate walks and take a long time to understand as well as activate. Nidra is how I learned how to locate rest during those 2am to 5am pop out of a deep sleep moments. I put myself in a place of awareness so the mind can invite peace. It requires action. Being aware of the moment of now. Whereas Transcendental meditation already has you here in the now. Being present in all things not just when you wake up 1:45 am. Nidra isn't sleep. It's resting the subconscious. REM has a way of filtering sounds out. You hear them but don't truly react to them and or remember. Nidra is meditation in the way of awareness. Although you are in an extremely deep mental moment of release you hear and understand everything around you. Therefore an early morning moment of meditation can last anywhere between five minutes to an hour and twenty minutes. Transcendental doesn't require that much energy. You're already there. No matter which direction you're being pulled at work, home or everyday life in a plain world, being present in your now without having to use energy to stay here is learning a more peaceful expression of universal acceptance.