Episode Transcript
[00:00:01] Meditation Monday. Here. Bradley Charbonneau. And you know what happened today in my meditation?
[00:00:06] Yeah. Not much.
[00:00:08] And that's what I want to talk about. I'm Bradley Charbonneau. It's Meditation Monday. I do this. Not every single Monday. I do it when the. When it merits the Meditation Monday. Because today's meditation, it was fine. You know, I didn't cry, I didn't laugh. I didn't get a bolt of lightning, of clarity from the heavens. I just. I showed up. And you know what it felt like? It felt like brushing my teeth.
[00:00:33] I didn't expect joy or inspiration. I wasn't hoping for insight. From my molars I brushed because that's what I do to keep my teeth. To avoid rot, to not scare away people with my breath.
[00:00:47] But here's where the analogy sort of falls apart. Because unlike brushing your teeth, sometimes meditation does give you something magical.
[00:00:58] Not every day, not even often, but sometimes.
[00:01:04] I get a whisper from my dad, a warm presence feeling from my mom, a nudge from a guardian angel or an idea so sharp, so clear, it slices right through the fog.
[00:01:21] But those moments, they don't come with a warning. They don't rsvp, they don't show up when I want them to.
[00:01:32] The only way I'm gonna catch them is if I'm already here.
[00:01:39] Sitting, meditating, aware, awake, ready in a mode of surrender.
[00:01:50] It's like investing in the stock market or publishing a book or placing a bet at the blackjack table.
[00:01:58] You don't know which hand is going to change your life.
[00:02:03] But if you don't show up, if you don't place the bet, don't buy the stock, don't hit publish, then I can guarantee this, there's a 1,100% chance that nothing happens.
[00:02:18] You don't win the bet, you don't win the stock, and you don't publish the book.
[00:02:24] So today, nothing special happened.
[00:02:28] And I'm weirdly proud of that.
[00:02:32] Because I brushed my spiritual teeth.
[00:02:36] I made my daily deposit.
[00:02:39] I stayed in the game.
[00:02:42] And tomorrow or the next day or next week or next month, I might just hit that jackpot.
[00:02:51] But I know if I don't, I won't.
[00:02:57] This is Meditation Monday coming to you infrequently on Mondays, when the spirit strikes or when it's so normal that I got to tell you about it. How's your meditation coming along? Let me know in the comments. Bye for now.
