What I love most about my dogs is the feeling I get from being with them. Quite simply- its Big Love. It is so big that there are no words to adequately explain it. There is the constant hum of it, then every so often there is a bliss wave that rides in that takes me over.
I got it yesterday on Benjamin’s evening walk. I stop usually every 5 minutes or so, and he always makes his way over to me when he sees that I have stopped. he leans up against me and rests. I talk to him then, telling him what a good boy he is. Then I will often look back at his little nub and see it wagging. The moment was pure connection. My heart opens so wide , its like a huge inside grin. The love can’t be contained, it flows over and out of me.
I think this is what the sages would call Samadhi. The dogs make it easy to reach this state because they ignite in us a heart expanding phenomena. It is easy to forget about time and lay with your dogs in all their glorious silliness. It is easy to forget the past bad day while your dog looks at you with such sweet earnestness. It is easy to stop fretting about tomorrow’s big stressor when your dog gives you his paw as if to appease your worries.
If you are one that finds it hard to meditate in the traditional sense of butt on pillow ,sitting tall. Do what I do- just lay around with your dogs. Stretch out your body next to their warmth, and DO NOTHIING but soak them in. This is Meditation. This is your Present M
oment. This is Life Bliss.