Some techniques can still help, even if you don’t have time to meditate, or you can’t seem to focus your mind.  Actually, most everyone who has ever meditated has at one time or another been challenged in their meditation.

One example is revealed in, “Autobiography of a Yogi,” when Yogananda was having a terrible time of focusing and his mind was full of other thoughts and concerns.  He had recently returned from a brief adventure, hoping to find God outside of his master’s ashram.  Having laid his life at the feet of his Guru, his Guru knew of his activity which could hardly be called meditation.  It was at this time his Guru, Sri Yukteswar, gave Yogananda God realization.

This example shows us we should not give up.  We should try to help ourselves spiritually when we can.  Sometimes it could mean saying mantras while commuting, as a friend used to do.  Another friend, having a family and successful career, found time to decompress (as she called it) while sitting on her patio.  She said, when having alone time on her patio she was able to clear her mind and essentially stop all thought, and just be in the moment.  When she told me about her experience, my comment was simply, “if it works for you, keep doing it.”