Posts Tagged ‘meditation’
Making It Through the Desert
I continue with my sacred journey tale walking from my Mother’s home.
It is lush and woodsy around the old schoolhouse. As I pass by I move into the industrial park of warehouses. It is in stark contrast to the life of the woods. The industrial park is bright and feels relatively barren. It reminds me of crossing a desert or when I was in New Mexico. There is life and beauty to be found I just need to look a little closer. This is where my meditation kicked into high gear and kept me going.
How does this relate to my life? Sometimes I need to shift my perspective to see the beauty and life around me. Beauty and blessings aren’t always obvious because I’m used to seeing them and defining them in a certain way.
I remember that was my experience in New Mexico. When I first arrived I thought it was ugly and barren. It was in contrast with the lush green in Pennsylvania. After a few days I began to appreciate the natural landscape of rocks and different vegetation.
This is no different with relationships. Sometimes I need to look a little closer within people to find their beauty and essence. Sometimes it’s because I don’t find them physically attractive, but many times it is their defenses that push me away and repulse me. It may be in their style of humor, grumpiness, control, or whining they have developed. It is how they have adapted to their environment for survival. There is always beauty to be found. There is a greater truth within them. There is a greater truth within myself that I am here to discover.
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From My Mother’s
My walk from my Mother’s home to mine took place on Sunday, April 29, 2012. The original plans for that day had been to leave for the Delaware Water Gap for a few days of hiking with a fellow I had met through a mutual friend a few weeks earlier. Unfortunately he had a change of heart the week before and pulled the plug a few days prior to our trip. I now know he rekindled his romance with his previous girlfriend. I wish them the best.
Here I was on a different hike. Not the one I had planned, but I guess it was the one I needed. OMG, really you say. Who needs that shit. Well, we all do sometimes. Come on you have to admit, we all stop listening. We get swept away in the moment and it feels good.
If you read my first post about the pesky mind I was trying to quiet, you now understand why. Now I just wanted to be in the moment. Living in the present moment I was fine. Living in the moment, being present in the NOW I became open to hear the universe. I had set another intention for that day. I had asked God to help me heal my relationships. I was open to receive the inspiration and gifts. In this meditative space I expanded my awareness to hear and receive the answers.
I walked. Not far from my Mother’s home is a home an old friend used to own. It’s an old school house she restored. It was a huge under taking. I admired her courage. The new owners have added to her work and obviously love the place. These Iris’s were along the road in a well kept garden.
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Sacred Journeys
I’ve had a longing to travel to sacred places. Several of my friends have done many of them. At the top of my list is Peru. I’m sure I will get to Peru and many other places someday. I’ve realized recently that I can start now. Right from where I am. That’s really the only place we ever can start.
My little realization came a few days ago when I returned my Mother’s car to her. I decided to take my camera and walk home. It’s only a couple miles. I’ve been walking more lately. I’ve been walking for hours in the woods with friends.
It’s funny how easy it is to think nothing of walking for hours in the woods, then get home and think walking a few miles around town is crazy. It just seems too far. I declined the offer of a ride home and after a visit with my folks I set out for home.
I had no motive other than to walk and take pictures along the way of whatever struck my fancy. I soon found my mind was giving me some grief reviewing some recently relationship issues I really didn’t want to think about.
I have practiced meditation for many years and decided to apply some meditation tools to the pesky mind issue. I played with matching the rhythm of my breath, with my steps and the Sanskrit mantra Sat Nam. Sat Nam means identifying the truth within. I found a rhythm that felt pretty good and went with it. As happens in meditation sometimes it doesn’t always go smoothly. That’s ok. When I found myself out of sync I brought it all back together. I also observed my surroundings and stopped to take photos.
In the process I opened myself up and found myself on a sacred journey in my own town. It’s funny sometimes when we forget the most obvious. Over the years I’ve had sacred experiences without going any place “special.” I was forgetting to appreciate what I already had.
I decided to share my journey with you in the hopes of inspiring others to appreciate what they have and to hear about your sacred journeys. In this process I hope to expand my own experience of sacred moments through my days of “ordinary life.” Let make each day a sacred journey and see what spirit reveals.
Part of a Whole
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us “universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest…a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. ~Albert Einstein
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Heavens
And the heavens opened up to receive my prayers.
Delivered upon a light beam.
Instantly.
In Peace.
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Embrace Your Passion
I embrace my passion and I imagine and feel my passion embracing me. We dance, sing and create the life we love. My passion is in partnership with my heart. Together they are powerful. Beauty springs up before us as we share what we love with the world. All aspects of myself come into harmony.
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Tags: creation, emotions, inner wisdom, Law of Attraction, meditation, self healing, self love, stress, subconscious |
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Arthritis Foundation Tai Chi Program
I just certified in the Instructor Course part 1 and 2 for the Arthritis Foundation Tai Chi Program with instructor Troyce Thome. This is a modified version of the Sun style as taught by Dr. Paul Lam. Troyce is a great instructor. We covered a lot of material compacted in 4 days. I left feeling accomplished and satisfied. Now to get ready to share it with you.
I expect to start teaching a beginner level course after the holidays.
Stay posted for a meditation class.
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Reflection
Sometimes it helps to change your focus to see the world a little different and get a fresh perspective. It can open up new worlds and possibilities.
In Joy,
Susan
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Going Out of Your Mind
The astrology link above is an update for this weekend with Tom Lescher. I find his interpretations to be fitting and in alignment with my experiences.
With that said the energy is one of uneasiness with what is. Wanting to be “through it.” Through what? The transformation. The discomfort. I’ve found myself in that place of “I just want the change NOW.” You know the place when you want to do something to make the change happen.
The message I get is to keep coming back to myself. Take some quiet time. Go within. There’s no rushing anything. Find the joy in the moment. Take the time to meditate and be quiet. It’s not all about being quiet, but that is helpful when you find yourself on the hamster wheel going around and around in your head trying to get out of your present circumstance. Get in the habit or re-new your habit of being still. Yep, that’s another way of saying meditate.
Why? Meditation takes you within yourself to listen to the inner wisdom. It calms the nerves, quiets the mind. Keeps you from jumping off the cliff. Meditation will help you allow the change to happen within. Once the change happens within, you will find the change happening outside yourself.
More on meditation soon.
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Tags: emotions, guidance, inner wisdom, meditation, self healing, stress, transitions |
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