I'm sitting in a waiting room when a middle aged lady enters huffing and puffin. She sits down then stands up, walks to the door, sighs and sits down again. Then gets up.
At this point I'm starting to wonder wether she's here to get her car serviced like me or if she's just walked in off the street. She's up again pacing the floor and off out the door. I hear her ask if the cars ready yet, she's only been here 5 minutes. Back to the huffing.
No one likes waiting but here in front of me turning the pages of the daily trash Sun newspaper is a perfect example of a modern day agitated mind.
I find myself feeling compassion for her and realising that she is nothing unusual. Today's culture of multi media, constant access living promotes an agitated mind. So much so that when we have to sit down and wait with little to occupy our us, the mind attacks us with overwhelming vigour. Our bewildered consciousness reels and we suffer. No wonder that mental health problems are on the increase.
Only when our spiritual centre begins to be re-established do we really stand any chance of survival against the onslaught of material life and it's constant mental agitation. What other hope is there?
She's up again
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