Meditation

A little history here: Some years back, my mother had “an episode” that concerned me and ultimately I moved her into my house and quit my job to take care of her. This was six months before Covid. Well Mom had Alzheimer’s. It’s cruel to the person, and to those around them. These times were tense and stressful. I found solace through guided meditation. The stress led me (once again) to chiropractic care which had me using a couple of contraptions. One that I strapped on my head and neck similar to a mousetrap, and another under my lower back. The recommended time for these devices was around twenty minutes, so I found guided meditations to listen to that corresponded to this. The combination was honestly very good for me mentally and physically.

I couldn’t help but notice that the guided meditation folks were just a tad too “cool, well rounded, or something.” They obviously weren’t dealing with the same shit that I was going through, or things from my jobs in the past. They always has cool names too. I never discounted the help that all of this gave me, but my cynicism left me with weird humorous doubts.

Coincidentally I have a bit of recording equipment around with a soft synth or two, so I created a more honest Guided Meditation. I sent this to one of my oldest, dearest friends, and not only did she love it’s humorous aspects, but found that the slower gait of my voice put her soundly asleep. So there’s that. After all of these years, I actually have value. I can put people to sleep. Smile, sigh.

This image was created with Artificial Intelligence based on deep feelings from my heart. It was one of the first I ever did using AI. I created it simultaneously with the meditation that I built from scratch, including the instrumentation, although I’m no musician.