This week was chaotic and frenetic at best so I tackled this particular exercise a few times. I was able to acquire and image as well as maintain some focus as my healer was my grandmother. Although she passed away many years ago she is always with me and has been a pillar in my life both as she lived and died. I think my focus was so powerful because she was a wonderful, kind and amazingly compassionate person one to aspire to and I want to continue this exercise so I can attain a truly deeper focus with her.
Mindfulness and meditation play an enormous role in one's overall wellness, as we have evidenced it connects us and weaves our minds, bodies and spirits into one cloth. In addition each of these practices of meditation is helping me become more aware and in tune to developing and achieving inner peace and on the path to human flourishing. With each practice and continual practice I can feel the calm permeate each and every cell and I look forward to the time when they are natural in that I do not have to "remember" to meditate it becomes a greater part of my being.
The quote is simply put, self explanatory in that one cannot do something in direct conflict of one's teachings and expect credibility or a modicum of respect. I have much work to accomplish before I can truly lead another in the direction of flourishing but I feel I am able to achieve this well being with practice and honest, compassionate dedication. I really like the following quote so I wanted to share it with all...
"Great souls are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts rule the world." ~ Emerson
I love the quote. Ralph Waldo Emerson is my favorite poet. So eloquent yet so direct. I can sympathize with you on having a tough week. Work is crazy, my daughter is recovering from surgery and all that I could think about is getting my assignment done (I am no where near finishing it). When I was going through the lesson I imagined that I was sitting across from a wonderful Pastor of a Baptist church in Atlanta, Georgia (First Baptist Church of Atlanta). He has always been a stable focal point for my emotions and thoughts, and having gone through the exercise and in the end place all of his characteristics (strength, confidence, peace, serenity)inside of me was beyond amazing. I felt refreshed and I really felt like I was enjoying life at that moment. I could feel myself really open and free. To say the least...I loved this exercise.
ReplyDeleteI hope your week gets better,
Michelle
That is interesting that you chose to connect to your grandmother...Was she Christian? Because I did the Meeting Aesclepius meditation with a famous deceased (most likely) Christian who died in the first half of the 20th Century...Although I initially felt a lot of light energy, when I got to the heart there was no energy! By the end of this meditation, the light energy had completely left my head and throat!! I thought that maybe the Christian that I chose to connect to was unfamiliar with Buddhist practices and thus closed down her heart...
ReplyDeleteI also find it fascinating that the first comment to this post, from m. evern, demonstrated such a positive experience with a living Christian pastor! I wonder if I should apply this meditation again with a spiritually advanced living person...