Meditation Impossible

Some of my readers say that they simply cannot meditate.  They have tried and it has not worked for them.  Not to worry.  I cannot jump off a high diving board.  But that is not the only way into the pool.  Think of mediation as a way of getting out of yourself and your problems, pre-occupations, fantasies, mental images, thoughts and so on.  Meditation in some sitting position is not the only way to do this.  Some people go for a walk and look about.  See what attracts them.  Maybe they notice a flower.  Stop and let the flower be flower for you, not thinking about flowers, just letting this flower grab all your attention.  This is another way of entering the "pool of letting go."  It is a way to get into the now, rather than the later or the past.  Whatever slows down the mind is what will work for you.  We are all an experiment of one.