Underneath the tire

An ah-haa I received today is the importance of writing and speaking of the turbulence inside to free it from the wheel of the mind. So often we humans don’t want to encounter our inner pain, so we stuff it tirelessly, pushing down on emotional baggage as if our beings had infinite stuffing space. And then we’re off in the world smiling and carrying on, acting as if nothing was hidden. Sometimes WE don’t even notice. And then we ask and intend to receive blessings according to our intentions that have zilch alignment with the bigger picture in the cosmos and wonder why the gold coins are not piling up outside our doorways. 

Today I drew a line in the sand! When I hurt, I’ll feel it and share it by print or word or prayer. I’ve been practicing this for months, and now feel like there is a new urgency to match the intensity of the discomfort with the level of remedy. So..for moderate pain, pray, write, meditate and ask for guidance. For intense pain schedule a blessing and a listening from a trusted fellow human. For intensest pain, seek out a teacher for a life-line.

One of my favorite reads and absorbing books right now is American Buddha by Stuart Mooney. Stuart is a learned, humble, and deeply spiritual being and teacher who emanates divine love. If you pick up this book, you’ll find some amazing stories, spiritual practices, wisdom and perhaps your teacher within. Not to mention the revelation of the Buddha boy living in the West. You can learn more about Suart at his website at www.AmericanBuddha.net. He has spent 40 years studying and being and awakening. He’s a privileged teacher of many ancient vedic practices and offers the Oneness Blessing. Retreats, seminars, private sessions are also available. 

Peace and blessings!

Connecting more dots

In the searching of blending the inner and outer worlds in new ways, I come across many links (not just urls) but spiritual links that I want to share. One is the pleasure of Ode magazine. 

Ode magazine in paper and cyber form are always filled with good news, life-building stories that are inspirational and seem like such a great fit for this community. Today’s link has this video story of Jill Taylor documenting her journey through a stroke to experience how both sides of the brain work. I found this woman’s story and discoveries fascinating and helped me get another piece of why the Oneness Blessing feels so strong. Enjoy. For those of you who have read Eckart Tolle’s A New Earth, another connect-the-dots read and experience is Arjuna Ardagh’s Awakening Into Oneness.

 

 

www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/229

This is a presentation by neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor, who had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened — as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding — she studied and remembered every moment. Most importantly, this is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

 

 

Blessings for the Inner Lover

Today, when I was able to stand aside from my experience and witness the rollercoaster of emotions and thoughts that have had my undivided attention over the last few months, I was looking for a softer way to hold my process. In talking with a guide recently, I was reminded to pray as if all that you desire has happened and ask the divine to make it real. I’ve also been putting attention on connecting to the child within me daily and seeing what she needs each day and how she’s feeling about what I’m up to.

I wanted to create a ritual or practice that would enliven this dialogue in a mode of prayer, so felt the inspiration to record the following appreciation blessings for the inner child. Also, these can be shared with a spouse, partner, or friend — picking one each day to reflect on your appreciation for each other as well as for the other person to lovingly acknowledge the inner child in themselves. So, you can print these out and cut them into slices of love and serve with whipped cream! or create your own blessings of choice!

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I love that you know and speak the truth to yourself and others.

I love that you reflect the divine to me and in me.

I love that your heart is speaking amidst the silence. I can feel your heart.

I love that you are listening to the divinity with in you and that you observe the perfection of nature.

I love that you take the time to regard me in tenderness each day.

I love that you accept all of me in whatever forms I show up.

I love that you laugh at your mind and are free.

I love that you laugh and cry with me.

I love that you fully experience who you are.

I love that you are paying attention to your inner wisdom.

I love that you show me something different to learn from each day.

I love that you gently cradle me in your arms.

I love that you are able to witness yourself and me.

I love that you are excited to see me and be with me.

I love that you tenderly care about yourself and others.

I love that you appreciate my caring for you.

I love that you are true to what is for your highest good.

I love that you feel free to fully express yourself with me.

I love that you are loving and affectionate to me with words and touch.

I love that you appreciate and take care of your body.

I love that you gently observe your mind, knowing it’s not yours.

I love that you greet me each morning with gratitude for my being me.

I love that you accept all of who you are, witnessing all your personalities.

I love that you whisper sweet words of appreciation and love to me each day.

I love that you offer me tips and tools to me to make getting things done more easily through the day.

I love that you acknowledge and appreciate the things I do for you to show my love and caring.

I love that you are guided by clear intention to seek that which you desire for your highest good.

In gratitude for the grace in our human process,
One Woman Waking Up

Flies, Newts and other Nature Messengers

I’ve been traveling a deep journey, maybe many Dark Nights of the Soul played out at breakneck speed–almost feeling like what I can only imagine a bad acid trip might be like. Diving to the depths of emotions as triggered by recent very unsettling, harsh events in my life. Wanting to be feeling the warmth and vibrational resonance of my inner space that came so much to life in my recent trip to India, but feeling rather disconnected on one level from that sensation and stillness.

Today I looked through the book by Ted Andrews, Animal Wise — The Spirit Language and Signs of Nature to see what light would be shed on the last week of tumultous emotions and facing the charge of so many experiences and beliefs. (A friend of mine had pulled this off her shelf last week to read to me about significance of flies.)

Last week, my kitchen was suddenly the favorite hang-out for lots of flies–probably 30-50 at a time that would gravitate to being on or around my back window. I checked to see where they might be coming in the house and found no windows open where they might have entered. So what do flies represent? “Stability even within indiscriminate and unhealthy environments.” “Flies further teach us how to maneuver and remain balanced when things are decaying or dying around us.”

The message of the fly is to see the color of life and situations no matter what the environment. “It is a reminder to look toward the positive.” “When flies appear, it is important to take a look at the issues that have been most on our mind in the past two weeks.” Well the issues for me were around staying connected to the inner self in spite of the tragic events and happenings around me. I became aware of the sense of giving my lifeline to another many years ago, relying on them to keep me afloat, to fix and stabilize so life would be secured. Trust had broken and a very harsh reality appeared as to what was going on for this person. I have been on a roller coaster for months working on stabilizing my sense of who I am and if this person is to be in my life or not, given the drama that was playing out around me.

Well, the flies kept coming day after day for almost a week. Each day, I’d go on a mission to rid the flies from the window–killing lots at a time with an improvised swatter, each time thinking about their message. As I began to create support for myself and much contemplation and resolution to love myself and stay connected, the flies started decreasing in number and now they’ve all gone elsewhere!

This window into my garden also brought some other messangers. One day a little newt appeared on the screen a few feet a way from a spider spinning its web. The newt represents success in creative endeavors and “coming home” to the real you. Hmmm…one of my realizations since India is that I’m tapping into a much richer reservoir of who I am than I could ever access before–the authentic me is coming forward in reflections, contemplation and being expressed with friends and family in ways I had never thought possible for me. It’s as if my one note or one chord has been changed into a symphony of interlacing melodies. How much I had locked away of myself that even I could not see or feel what is part of my being.

And now to the “orb weaving spider” as it’s called in the book….This spider hung out for a few days on the screen and I watched it weave it’s web and then attract some poor victim into the web to become food for the spider. I know it’s nature’s way, but I always have so much compassion for the creatures that become some other creature’s food. Nature’s recycling of energy and life force is so amazing!

“Insects and arachnids are oten likened to the element of water. Water is the natural sharpeshifter, shifting as it flows and confrming to whatever contains it. Like water, we learn to adjust the flow of our life, to take on the form that is most suitable for what we are.” The message of these creatures, then, is to look closely at the changes around us.

Reflections that the spider invites: Are we building bridges and/or foundations that will be needed to attain what we seek? Are we hanging on to what we no longer require and which no longer benefits us? Orb weaving spiders teach us how to build bridges to get past difficulties! Whew!