30 by 30 Challenge – March 21, 2013 Meditation
Learning something new, improving your life, making changes do not need to seem impossible if you consider starting with something small. If applied daily, thirty minutes can make a huge difference.
If you were to set aside thirty minutes each day to study a new subject, within a year you would have devoted 100 hours toward learning something new. Thirty minutes a day of meditation would accumulate to a significant amount of meditation time, an amount that might seem impossible if you looked at the total by itself.
We are currently in the period of the equinox, a time in which we celebrate the Ohigan Season, the time of crossing over. Traditionally during this time of year we renew our focus on practicing the six paramitas, the six perfections.
Striving is the fourth paramita. This might be a good time for you to consider how you might strive to improve your life. Our Buddhist practice is most effective when we make consistent effort over a sustained period of time. Setting aside thirty minutes each day and consistently doing so every day is the type of steady, consistent effort that will accumulate into a change in your life you would not have imagined possible. The benefit that will accumulate to the person who makes this kind of steady progress is immeasurable.
Why not starting from today try a 30 by 30 challenge. Determine to engage in your Buddhist practice in an intentional way for 30 minutes a day for 30 days. Even better would be if you could record your progress as you go along, perhaps on a weekly or daily basis.
What is the obstacle that prevents you from setting aside 30 minutes every day?
What is the thing you would most like to change in your life?
Can you decide right now to devote 30 minutes to your Buddhist practice?
Are you able to try to do this for at least 30 days to begin with?
Try taking the 30 by 30 challenge. Try one step at a time.
