Hari OM
... of course, it's not just for Mondays. Meditation is for any day - even all day if one has the luxury and inclination. Experiencing such is quite inwardly shifting but also takes some effort. In these times of always being busy, taking that time out can seem even more than a luxury. For many, it is a challenge as large as any corporate project. In meditation, one is forced to face oneself as this small individual before even rising into anything beyond that.
This is the real reason that so many find excuses for why they cannot practice. The idea of surrendering any part of the ego-self is scary as all get-go. There is no place at all for the ego to sit in true meditation.
When we sit in 'contemplation', all too often, it is not about finer philosophical points but about sorting out the different aspects of life. It may be about an incident, a person, or something that we are struggling to take responsibility for. All matters of the ego. None of which lead us to meditation proper.
Therefore, a technique that I might offer you if you wish to start taking control of those thoughts in order to drop them and start contemplation on matters esoteric, is to keep a pre-med(itation) journal. Pour all the raging thoughts of the week, day, hour into the pages there. Spend as much as an hour at that - longer if necessary. Yes, even if the meditation itself is only to be for ten minutes. That ten minutes will be solid gold if you have succeeded in keeping all external matters at bay. Parking them in the journal prior to sitting with your Self does work - though this itself can take some practice.
Hard work this meditation lark! Worth every effort though, of this you are assured. Success will be measured against the work put into it.
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