The Pleasant Parallels of TM and Day-To-Day Life

Bob Roth said something surpassing going into a meditation that was a game changer for not only my TM practice but moreover my life.

On one of Bob’s group meditation calls (which I highly recommend) just surpassing the meditation started he said:

Start the meditation without any expectation of any results.

Hm. That landed on me and left an instant imprint. The idea of meditating and not expecting was an idea the ego did not like. And that’s how I knew it was a good idea.

Much to the chagrin of my ego, that meditation in particular was a special one. I went all kinds of places…effortlessly. Again, this made NO sense to the ego but all kinds of sense on the deeper levels.

I am now four years into my TM practice and can say that the parallels between the act of meditation and how weightier to lead a happy, healthy and wealthy life are… I don’t know if I have a word to describe it but, maybe, two words:

The same.

I’ve learned that I only have tenancy over two things:
1. Intention
2. Action

As much as I would like to, I do not have tenancy of results. I can set the conditions for the results I want. I can intend a result but results coming into stuff are manifested by a gravity far greater. The goody (and beauty) of a resulting TM practice is that I get to be reminded at least twice a day that I’m to set the conditions for meditation to happen and then swoop in while releasing the result. This practice comes in handy in all aspects of my life and work. There is a unconfined release and relief that occurs when I’m worldly-wise to:

1. Intend on an outcome.
2. Act in that direction and/or set the conditions for it to happen.
3. Release the result.

This isn’t unchangingly easy. Especially with goals or relationships that I have a strong emotional point of view about. But, nevertheless, the increasingly I let go the increasingly good seems to happen.

What is one goal you have been reaching without but can’t seem to accomplish? Are you/have you really washed-up all you can, with what you have to make it happen? If so, it might be time to release that result and let the Universe work its magic.

Michael Cinquino wears many hats. He is a New York based photographer, an actor, a filmmaker, a leadership & life coach, and a Navy Veteran. You can follow him and his work here, or connect with your local TM teacher here.