Meditation w/Sarah

I've been doing a lot of different meditation styles lately, looking for what works for me. Part of this search has led me to “Ah” and “Om” meditation. (Thanks Dr. Dyer!) Anyway, this meditation I have to say the Ah or Om out loud in a long and steady cadence.

Sarah and I were staying in a motel with our cats a few weeks back and well... I told her I needed to do my Om meditation before bed and she had to be very quiet and not disturb me. Well I did it for the twenty minutes and when done she burst out in giggles. I said, “Hey don't make fun of me.” she just giggled and said, “I'm not!” I giggled too.

The next day I didn't get to complete my Ah meditation in the morning and I happened to mention it and she said, “Oh please don't tell me your going to meditate now! Oooooohhhhmmmm... Oooooohhhhmmmm” Sticking her little fingers up in a pincher pose. I laughed of course and said, “Don't make fun of me.” She giggles and says with her fingers pinched up, “I'm not making fun of you, I'm meditating... Oooooohhhhmmmm... Oooooohhhhmmmm...”

Needless to say I'm laughing so hard at her cute teasing of me. She repeats this several times. Then she says, “Oh mom watch this!” Our cat Patches is sitting at the foot of the bed and she says to her, “Patches! Oooooohhhhmmmm” Patches left ear suddenly darts out to the side as she does this long Oooooohhhhmmmm and I crack up laughing. She's giggling and then she says, “Wait wait.. Rameses!” (Our other cat.) “ Oooooohhhhmmmm” to Rameses and he too stuck his left ear straight out.

I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt. Then I said, “Hey don't make fun of me!” Although I can't stop laughing and she repeats, “I'm not making fun of you, I'm meditating.. Oooooohhhhmmmm... Oooooohhhhmmmm...”

Of course I shared this with everyone at work! One of the nurse's said he was going to try that on his cat and see if the same thing happened. It was so funny! It was delightful!

Sarah although she was teasing me, it was filled with love and I admit it was a great moment. I was filled with joy at her adorableness and with our cats, who were obviously thinking... “What is wrong with these people?”