I still meditate at least once a day, although not always as long as I'd like to. The best meditations are made in nature. The 2nd on the list is not really an excuse though, if I'm really tired I keep on falling asleep which makes the meditation pretty useless.

(Don't mean to be offensive with the last one though!)

I'm also one of those people who lies in bed for an hour or so every night because when my body is tired my mind just won't shut up.

I used to be like that for years, seeker. From my experience, you should definately put some energy into deep-breathing exercises.

I tend to be "environment sensitive" so a messy room does not feel comfortable to me. Its the energetics of the whole thing, so I tend to keep things tidy and uncluttered and have finally managed to train the family to do the same.

Just the damn cats keep leaving furballs that roll across my appartment like tumbleweeds in a desert from a low budget cowboy film...and they also take great delight in scattering kitty litter across the pristine white floor tiles of my bathroom.

Though I would not say that tidyness akin to that seen in the film "Sleeping with the enemy" is appropriate - thats just neurotic :-D

WR

JT

When I "try" to meditate my mind is just too active and it gets distracted easily. I'm also one of those people who lies in bed for an hour or so every night because when my body is tired my mind just won't shut up.

it's really not OK to have a messy room.

I kind of skipped your reply on this thread earlier but when I re-read it just now, it was funny because I was just contemplating the same thing.

I 'can' keep things tidy and neat, etc, but often it is the last thing I care to even think about. Hygiene, on the other hand, is a big priority for me: Always change sheets weekly, drink plenty of fluids, stretch and breath through Qigong, etc. But when it comes down to organizing my room or those certain chores, I find that I tend to procrastinate.

Something stuck to me from the Spider-Man movie, when William Dufoe (Green Lantern) goes up to Peters room and says it's messy, and then his grandmother says all great minds have messy rooms.

(feeds the ego...yumm...)

I've used this "technique" with my kids, husband(s), with myself.

Take a negative and ask why is it OK to X?  For example, why is it OK to have a incredibly messy room (to a kid)?

What you come up with are all the justifications and at some point an aha moment...which is...
it's really not OK to have a messy room.

Thanks JT for reminding me of this "technique"...

For me, why it's OK not to meditate is because it completely slips my mind.

WR,
Christine

Even if I did just have a pleasant little sparky light bulb moment, seems kind of a strange question to ask, so why do you ask?

I would be grateful if you could add to this list any reasons in your own experience why not to meditate.

Too young to meditate
Too bad to meditate
Too arrogant to meditate
Too fearful to meditate
Too in love to meditate
Too busy to meditate
Too worried to meditate
Too sick to meditate
Too tired to meditate
Too late to meditate
Too sophisticated to meditate
Too denial-oriented to meditate

Warm regards

JT