Is meditation not prayer? Why not call it praying? Is there a difference? Well, whatever, I call it meditation, and I have a new thought. Is not meditation a direct opposite of obsession and worry? Maybe that is why it helps to meditate during highly stressful times. Relaxing, opening conciseness is available and also free to all of us.
My meditation is hiking and mountain biking. The opposite of my meditation is worrying and trying to fix the unemployment situation. I worry that if I go hiking I am not doing everything to fix this unemployment burden. My obsession and worry is battling me, trying to have me give up the meditation. Last night I almost gave in but finally went hiking. I am glad I did. Still after it helped me, I feel like I was wasting my time. Were this summer and all the fun I had a waist of time.
I ask you this and so solving the questions above. Is it a waist of time to put gas in your car when you notice that it is running low? If you do not take the time to stop and re fuel you will be walking for sure! And that, my friends, is a real waist of time.
Boneshakerbike 
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