Meditate with your Cat!
Written by Dr.Laxmi Iyer

You think that's tough. Meditating alone is bad enough. Half the time your thoughts are galloping away while you struggle hard to get them to vaporise so your mind can be still. Wouldn't having a cat keeping you company be awfully distracting? In the beginning, yes! But after a time, you and your cat learn to adjust and adapt to one another's auras, energies and minds.

It's a little difficult but can be learnt. How do you go about doing your meditation stuff ? In the beginning, you could use a tape. Many meditation tapes are available.

Choose a comfortable, quiet corner of your home. Make sure that you switch off your mobile phone and keep the telephone off the hook. Tell all your family people that you are not to be disturbed for at least one hour.

If there's a second person in your family who is interested allow them to join in with you but only if they are serious. That's because meditation is serious fun! That should be tried only by those seriously interested in spirituality.

Ideally, it would be nice if your entire family will meditate with you but if they are not serious about it, then there's absolutely no sense in coaxing them to follow you.

They will spontaneously join you once they see the positive effects on your health and temperament. To get people to follow you, you need to be a doer. Lead from the front. Lead by doing.

The best times to meditate are early morning - just before sunrise or after sunrise - after you have your bath.

Sit or lie down in a comfortable posture. Let your cat sit in a similar place on a mat next to you.

Don't talk. When you have to talk to your cat, whisper. It works wonderfully.

Follow the same routine everyday. Watch yourself and your cat after two months. Both of you will experience an inner transformation.

You, as a human being will be privileged to articulate your personal growth.