Meditation Mondays

I spent 15 minutes in meditation at a river near my house today.

It was peaceful, only the sound of water and the occasional duck. I'm playing around with different mantra's and the one I'm working with right now is this: 

"I'm a being of violet fire, I'm the purity god desires."

I read about the violet fire prayers online after my director of education suggested it. While I'm not exactly sure what's happening when I'm saying this it helps me to focus, calm my mind and stay "reeled in" from distraction for perhaps 30 seconds longer than I normally could. 

I'm trying to meditate because I want to have more positive regular thoughts, I don't want to be as reactive to my surroundings,

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