CAS Journal Entry #3

For a third activity I plan on joining the meditation club. When deciding on CAS activities I found myself being very picky on what activities I wanted to do, mostly because I wanted something that could overlap into my personal life and have a positive effect on my life. When meditation club was mentioned to me I immediately realized that this could be an activity that would help with the stress dished out in the IB. As a firm believer in Buddhism I already knew the basics of meditation but wanted to expand more and actually learn something more about it. This club seems like the perfect way to learn how to meditate properly and with a skill like this I can not only use it to help me relax before or after a major test or assignment but I can pass it along to someone else possibly. In a school program where intense work is frequent a skill such as meditation can become extremely useful, allowing for time where no thoughts enter the mind and calm, tranquil breathing is the only thing heard. I strongly believe this club will have a positive effect on me and that with it I will be able to survive the next year and a half of IB and even continue to use it in college to overcome the next level of pressure. I can take meditation with me for the rest of my life and with it can learn to cope with difficult situations without overreacting or losing my mind.