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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 26
Oh, to lie upon a bed of roses... With the heavenly scent enabling dreams, and those soft, sweet petals, caressing you, nudging you ever closer to slumber, tempting and teasing you, to fall into her magic spell, that of the divine rose. For her colours too, from the warmest pinks, to shining yellows, to sensual reds... She, the rose, knows your desires, and shall beguile you.
And as you slip into that dream, no thought is there that can disturb you, for that paradise that lies within... awaits.
No! For why does discomfort awaken me.
The sharp point of curved and subtle thorn has pierced my dream, and awoken me from that somnambulence, of etheric roaming, but for what aim? Does pain belong in my perfect dream? Be gone.
But wait awhile, for as I sit alert and roused, what might I learn, what is contained within this moment, that might steer and shape me should I only choose to see. For only with awakened mind can I see what rises up within, to learn and grow from these alerts, that nudge me, wake me, draw my gaze.
For I would choose to never look at pain or fear or darkness even, and whilst the blindfold is availed, the convenience of not seeing has its blessings, sure. But as the clifftop looms, what fool would choose to not consider that which approaches.
So as the wakened point of thorns, pierces bright and sharp into your mind, know this that death awaits so near, for those unprepared or readied to fear, but those who seek the wisdom's light can steer a path, that does refine and will protect, so... Bless the thorn, for he carries a message for thee.
Written and published by Mark Golding - Spiritual Organic - The Organic Home
Monday, 8 February 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 25
Anger, that subtle and tenacious inner enemy... You know him, how he slyly slides invisibly and quietly into your world, playing a duplicitous game, convincing you he is really not around, as he gets established and rooted.
And what a trickster, a real nasty character, with his 1001 masks, as he suppresses his visibility, enabling a verbal denial... 'no, of course I am not angry', and all the while building his grubby citadel...
And angry at what? Angry that I might be angry. For I am not an angry person - and this enables his best trick, his ace.
That he is able to hide himself beneath a cover, which screens his activity within my mind, within an encapsulated thought, 'I am not an angry person', and this abstracts and supersedes any access to the potential he is building within your mind.
As I am not angry, so I do not even have to think about it.
Clever huh? Yes, and watch his glee as the containment becomes no longer effective and no outlet is manifest, then what happens? It has nowhere to go, so it turns in upon itself, and this, I truly believe, is the cause of many depressions and dark illnesses. Suppressed, concealed and denied anger... A dark energy, allowed to gather.
Anger is to be experienced with you and I, to be given space to breathe, for I see, in you, that the allowance of anger will not harm you at this time, it will enable you to see the clandestine, hidden enemy within, and as you turn your inner light towards him, he will be disempowered, and he will dissolve...
Knowing you have anger within, and seeing him, with your empowered and enabled mind is the initial release, the quantum key to energetic healing within... You have the light of 1000 suns within your being - release, activate and experience.
So beautiful, so very powerful, and so blissfully beneficial... Thank you, I have a deeper understanding now, thank you for listening to me.
Written and published by Mark Golding - Spiritual Organic - The Organic Home
Sunday, 31 January 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 24
The room for the lost and the found.Today what did you find? Me, I found a source of inspiration that had been pushed to one side for about a year. Over last year, 2009, I spent the majority of my time working on a project that I have now shelved, but I resisted the obvious, and ploughed ahead with determination and conviction, but also with a headstrong and blinkered view. I was not going to let go... It became like putting ever increasing amounts of fuel into a vehicle that was rolling backwards down the hill.
Found? What I had not looked at, what I had forgotten I had... And the dreams and hopes that live within.
And you? Look inside that drawer, throw away that which you do not need, but dust off that which still inspires you, return to your dream. Because, it still has that magic, that power to carry you... Maybe a spiritual goal, perhaps a creative vision, but most importantly it is yours, and reborn, re-found, your dream comes alive once again.
And with the scent of optimism, ignite the flame of creativity within, and empower your dreams, for with the rising tide within are all those potentials that shall be yoru future, if you allow them... For if by letting go, you are released from a burden, let go.
Lost? A sense of defeat.
Written and published by Mark Golding - Spiritual Organic - The Organic Home
Thursday, 28 January 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 23
There is a hand that reaches out, from a stranger. And times we need an open and extended hand of friendship, one that has no agenda, is not looking for reward or favour, but is in essence a manifestation of our human wish to help another.This is not bound by duty, nor restricted by age or capability, for this helping hand may be a simple yet pure action, maybe even just a momentary sincere smile.
For that connection between every woman, and every man, is that same shared desire to be supported, loved and cared for.
Amongst us now, are those who are suffering the fears and isolation, that may be leading to acts of desperation, and their dignity creates a barrier to accepting love. And I know this pride, I have first hand experience...
But when you do reach out, this hand, here, will be open for you. Not because I am in any way superior to you, but as I am like you, and I have felt pain and anguish, and from my perspective today I am able to share some support with you...
Time passes, and the weak become the strong, and the strong might grow weak, but whilst I am strong, rely on me to be here should you need me. Anonymous and quiet, I understand. I am here.
Written and published by Mark Golding - Spiritual Organic - The Organic Home
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 22
The healing process is an ever revealing journey, and one that requires courage and determination. For, true healing is accomplished through direct and honest experience, and not by long term avoidance.
Avoidance of the healing potential comes in many guises, one of which is the reliance upon prescribed medications... There is, I believe a function for the temporary usage of medication, to alleviate short term symptoms, but whilst the symtoms have subsided, immediate action has to be taken to create recovery at the deeper causal level of pain - be it emotional or spiritual.
For one's spiritual and emotional well being is at the very heart of our existence, and we can know this directly through our own personal experience - If I'm happy, I feel well.
Difficulties will arise through long term dependence upon medication, as the often clumsy and inept (though well meaning) doctors usage of drugs are built up in progressive layers, and as the psyche becomes familiar with actions of the chemicals, and a tolerance is gained... well, then further mood altering chemicals are prescribed, and further complexities are added to the patients damaged experience.... And on it goes, until the 'patient' is addled and confined within an extremely complex and subtle chemical maze.
The opportunity to begin to heal is now, and not at some time in the future, as by opening the mind to it's healing potential, simply by allowing that one simple thought to arise will create that result to arise in the future.
Oh, the one simple thought? - I can imagine myself being healed.
Written and published by Mark Golding - Spiritual Organic - The Organic Home
Friday, 22 January 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 21
What load do you carry?There is the weight of responsibility, the pressures of life, the confinement of possessions, the burden of guilt, and on it goes. Carrying our heavy loads, each one of us, wishing to be free, and wishing just to release our emotions.
Simply to release our emotions. Oh yes, release emotions....
That inner emotional confinement, or restriction, that can be the heaviest load, and to find time and privacy to experience the sorrow and tears that we so bravely step over each day is a sacred opportunity to glimpse freedom.
To allow the sorrow to rise within, to sense the warmth of emotional engagement is not a pitiful action, it is one of graceful acceptance, and the beautiful and expressive waves that allow the energetic flow to radiate through your body - this connection, now, is so very close to peace.
As, the inner conflict, the refusal to accept emotion, ceases...
I, and maybe you, spend time courageously defending my manner and demeanour, within myself, in avoidance and repetition, when really, truly, I wish to surrender. Yes, surrender my load, all of my loads, now.
And after tears - relief, laughter.
This is something you might wish to read twice, and release...
Written and published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 20
The gardener is faced with an acre of overgrown tangle and chaos. With her hands on her hips she surveys the view and inhales, thinking to herself that this will take time and effort, but the only way to create the paradise garden is to start.She knows it will take time, years and possibly a lifetime, but in her mind's eye she sees how beautiful the garden will become, and smiles to herself, knowing how much satisfaction she will experience as the elements and plants combine, and an exquisite warmth and pleasure lights up her inner being, knowing that the fruits of her labour will be for the joy of others. The real harvest.
This long term vision, this goal... Well, this is her intention.
And, in everything we we do, we hold an intention, maybe short or long term, but be aware that your intention lies behind everything you do with your actions and your words.... And as our gardener knows, short term actions create long term results.
Creating a pathway to the future, using the vehicle of intention.
It is not complex to imagine, it is creative and blissful. And should the dreamers and the visionaries, both you and I, chose to hold peaceful, loving, forgiving intentions we will begin to heal from within, and participate in the garden...
Me? I want sunflowers and strawberries.
Written and published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home
Sunday, 17 January 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 19
Having a way with words.As we speak, each and every word carried immense power. There is an aspect of our understanding that knows this, but rarely do we choose to exercise this power...
To explore this understanding, there is a small game you can play, in private, by imagining the effect or impact of various words on various people... By uttering a random word, say, 'cheese', you will provoke a quizzical response, indicating that perhaps the listener missed a word, thus the misunderstanding... You know how the game works.
So, here is an another experiment to consider. What might be the most powerful and potent words to say, bearing in mind you want a positive response, and, is there such a thing as the perfect word or perfect statement?
I'm saying no. There is no perfect statement or perfect word, but.. I will say that the perfect statement or word does exist.
Q. Why the conundrum?
A. It is variable, for the perfect word at one moment is not the perfect word a few moments later.
But, I believe that it is possible to be able to speak the perfect word on every occasion. This takes an inner understanding, a wisdom even, that can understand the possible ramifications within the listeners mind.
To be able to speak, from the position of wishing to facilitate healing, love, warmth and understanding, these are the manner in which the perfect word is spoken. The perfect word can be yes, and might be no, it depends upon the speakers intention, yes that magic word... By speaking to someone, what do you intend to happen within their experience. For, this aspect of communication, intention, is all...
If no other thing in this life, if you consider your intention, whilst you communicate, the seeds for the happiness of those you encounter will be sown... Sowing the seeds of love...
Written and published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home
Friday, 15 January 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 18
To begin self-healing, close your eyes, and know where you need to go inside your body. The place you need to go, to heal, is that place that you resist visiting. I have mine and you will have yours.The place within your body, that you avoid thinking of, is being denied that which has the capacity to nourish and heal, and through gradual avoidance a lower density will manifest, and this can contribute to illness and disease, rather like a blockage in a network of interconnecting systems.
From this initial small occurrence, systems can begin to clog, overload and fail, causing major disruptions to health and well-being, and resulting in overload and failure.
I spoke of every thought being a messenger, and this functions within our own body as well, as with our eyes closed, we can direct our chosen thoughts, of healing, light and nourishment, to those parts that most need it, those that have been ignored and rejected.
For, just as a plant that is denied light will wither and die, so too without the power of our our own inner light and healing, we will cause the reduction of our own growth and development, for, life does not need to stand still, there is change all around and within, and taking an active and engaged role will, yes will, transform the flow of energy throughout our bodies.
Grant your inner messengers the full authority to visit throughout your body, and focus their full wish granting powers upon that place that they most need to be... just do not deny them access... Encourage them, to gather and carry out all their perfect work.
Self-healing, works like this.
Written and published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home
Sunday, 10 January 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 17
Every thought is a messenger...Each event of the mind, each and every thought, carries out into this world, bearing gifts and granting wishes. On winged feet, as swift as quicksilver, the world we inhabit is enriched by those thoughts that bear gifts and carry messages of love, understanding and forgiveness.
For as you look, and you see or think of others, send them a messenger, a thought that bears gifts and rewards for them. So simple, so private, so intimate, and so beautiful, so enriching. For our thoughts, our messengers, carry our wishes to others, along the subtle connections that exist between us all.
And, at times, we have so little to offer others, but always within resides this capacity to heal and warm our inner soul by sending this messengers that carry dreams for others.
A fantasy world? Well, perhaps, but what is wrong with a bit of positive escapism eh? It has to better than 10 minutes in front of the TV, and the results can be immediately transformative, from closed to open...
And, appreciate your messengers when sending them out, with a packed lunch if they need it, if they have a long journey ahead. And, there is no-one, absolutely no-one who you cannot send a messenger to, anyone you choose, and see them arriving at their destination and imagine the transformation that occurs when the recipient opens the message... Oh, yes, they will be smiling, and probably not even knowing why.
A bit of messenger magic today, all around the world...
Written and published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home
Friday, 8 January 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 16
No possessions... Imagine. I have imagined this scenario, and by doing so, it is becoming a reality for me.I have, over the past 30 years, collected art and design, and this has given me a sense of identity and security, but I have gradually realised that possessions become, over time, responsibilities and burdens, that need to be maintained and carried... A load of sorts...
So, I no longer have that need, the need for camouflage behind my chosen objects of taste and style (oh yes, of course...), and I no longer seek the imagined protection I thought existed within those objects. And, even the thought of this freedom from encumbering articles tastes of liberation... For to be free, to be liberated, what does this imply?
No obstacles, within or without... No hindrance to the spiritual passage, and of the growth of light and energy. For, if you own something, that prevents the development of your higher being, what reason do you have to own it... Sell it, give it away, do not allow yourself to be contained by the thought of possession, as should you be able to abstract yourself from the thought, you will be free from the burden - Oh, for as long as you can maintain the thought, not simply ignoring the object (that is cheating, and you know it).
Feng shui for the mind, imagining no possessions. A teensy bit scary, but very exciting at the same time... Imagine..
Written and published by Mark Golding - The Organic Home
Thursday, 7 January 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 15
Holding onto Happiness - 8 - Passing into the futureThe gradual realisation that the stillness and peace we seek is to be found within the mind is a beautiful and profound realisation. It is an awakening and a new understanding.
Imagine a tiny island that has appeared in the centre of a vast ocean, rising above the surrounding waters, with a clear and panoramic view of what lies all around, and of what exists above.
And as time passes, and the island develops stability, there arises a sense of permanence, safety and security, as the choppy waters and storms can no longer wash over the island or erode its shores.
This gradual change is similar to how our realisation of inner peace grows and develops, from our first brief initial glimpse, transforming over time into a stable and continual adventure of growth. And as time passes, the small events and trials that would have deeply upset or troubled us will lose any potential to affect our peace of mind, and then, as time moves into the future and we continue our practice, the capability to withstand emotional storms and tempests will improve.
All beginning with a meditation... Click here... BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 14
Holding onto Happiness - 7 - Finding firm groundThe delicate positioning of our mind that we experience during our most subtle and gentle meditations can be fleeting and somewhat elusive.
The sole reason for this is our lack of familiarity with inner peace and stillness.
We have, throughout our lives, developed a default point in our minds, that state of mind when we think to ourselves 'this is me, the real me, and there is nothing I can do about it' - almost as if this is a genetic coding status that is unalterable... but...
This is not the case when it comes to who we think we are, as we can change the way we think about ourselves, and in effect create a new default point.
Gradually at first, but as we gain familiarity with our new happier, peaceful self, a new sense of identity will develop and we will identify ourselves anew.
From one single thought, that gradually firms and strengthens, the self knowledge of our new identity will improve and grow.
Visualise an enormous oil tanker, surging through the ocean, and the captain receives notification that she needs to turn around and head back to port. She knows that it will take miles of travel before the tanker can turn around and change direction, as the momentum carries the vessel onward and onward.
In the same way we have to change the momentum, shift the force of habit within our minds, and this takes time, but it can and will happen.
And, once started, the initially delicate sense of peace and contentment that we have found will develop and grow, into a deep and profound reservoir, an inner resource of continually developing depth... Yes, as good as it sounds...
So, take the time to familiarise yourself with the potential that resides within your beautiful new self, the happy and contented you.
All beginning with a meditation... Click here... BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION
Saturday, 2 January 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 13
Holding onto Happiness - 6 - A Butterfly in Your HandTo master the art of holding onto happiness is to become an adept of mindfulness, and mindfulness is being aware of what is occurring within your mind.
An example might be the use of mindfulness when we are driving... Some might say that this is concentration, but actually we do not concentrate generally when we drive, as we listen to the radio, watch the weather, chat with our passengers and so on, but what we are doing is being mindful and aware that we are driving along a road, maintaining our speed and direction, and avoiding obstacles.
The practice of maintaining a happy and peaceful mind is like this too, maintaining our train of thought, avoiding pitfalls and staying in lane...
Too much intense concentration and we lose our happiness, and if we let go too much our happiness can slip away - so this can be considered by the visualisation of holding a butterfly in our hands.
Too much pressure and we will crush the butterfly, and if we open our hands too wide it will fly away, but if we cup our open hands, gently, the butterfly will remain, unharmed yet remaining within our presence.
Another descriptive analogy is holding a bar of soap - grasp it too tightly and it will squeeze out from our fingers, and if released it will slip out of our hands into the bath... oh well, never mind, we can pick it up again.
Mindfulness, or maintaining a thought is like this, a gentle, even and consistent line of thought, not too tight and not too loose.
Oh, to be happy. Oh, to be at peace - well, we can choose. We can find our happiness, we know where it resides, maybe arising now, or maybe recalled in memory - yes, that is it, happiness does arise with a smile... Now, not to let go...
It can be as simple as using your imagination. Yes, imagine you are happy, and then keep imagining the same thing, and the funny thing is that if you imagine you are happy, you are happy - this is because happiness is found only in the mind, nowhere else.
Just a simple game, an activity, imagining happiness, but one that brings beautiful rewards.
Time to turn down the noise, listen to your mind and watch your happiness... Click here... BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 12
Holding onto Happiness - 5 - Like a wisp of smokeHolding onto happiness - how can it be done? It may seem elusive, even impossible, like catching a wisp of smoke, gone as soon as it is caught.
But happiness does not need to be caught, held onto, or even captured, as the process of holding onto happiness is really a matter of not letting happiness go...
There is a logical first step here, and that is to find happiness within your mind, and this happiness is closely related to your peaceful mind - it is said that 'a peaceful mind is a happy mind'.
And, like following a wisp of smoke, one does not interfere, one simply observes - so, in practice this means following your train of thought, and maintain the flow...
You can start by finding happiness or contentment, now, in your mind, by recalling your understanding, or experience of happiness and deciding 'I wish this to continue', and not letting go of the train of thought - gently...
For there is nothing inherently elusive about happiness, it is simple that we are unfamiliar with it - so it is probably time to become better acquainted.
We can try an experiment here, a visualisation.
Imagine you are happy, now. Not over elated, but contented and peaceful, and visualise that from this initial thought a gentle curling plume arises, and for as long as you can track or follow this passing, you will remain happy.
Try it...
This process is an aspect of training your mind to maintain happiness, peace, and contentment. The more proficient you become at this practice the easier it will become to maintain, as they say 'practice makes perfect', and should you practice to the extent that you master this art, there is never any need to let go, oh, unless you choose to...
This is a pro-active engagement, not a passive witnessing, it will take gentle and persistent practice to hold your mind where you wish it to remain.
And, there is nothing like meditation to learn these practical skills... Click here.. BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION
Monday, 28 December 2009
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 11
Holding onto Happiness - 4 - As the waves settleImagine the interface at the surface of a turbulent ocean, where the air meets the sea. Both move in a turmoil of water and air, the movement is interactive and interdependent.
There exists a similar relationship, that between the breath and the mind. Our experience tells us that if our breath is shallow and rapid, our mind tends to be agitated and erratic, and by the same token, if our breathing is deep and slow, our mind is calm.
There is a common experience that we sub-consciously engage in whilst we try to concentrate and focus - we tend to still or even hold our breath. Just consider how you hold your breath as you try and thread a needle.. We still our breath, to still our mind.
We can use this experience in a practical manner as we engage or practice our breathing meditation - we begin to align our breath with the mind, and we begin to align our mind with our breath, and as we do this the movement within the mind begins to still, and our breathing begins to slow and deepen.
As a result, the turbulent interface between the breath and the mind begins to settle..
Recalling the analogy of the ocean's surface, visualise the water settling and calming, as the wind begins to subside and still. And, as the ocean stills, the disturbance within the water subsides, and the water becomes clearer, and clearer, as the suspended particles begin to settle.
As the waves subside, the water clears, and as the breath slows and deepens, the mind clears.
This beautiful process, of the mind clearing, enables a lucidity and clarity, and a profoundly aware stillness.
Within the stillness, small movements become apparent, and it becomes easier and easier to notice thoughts as they arise, and upon noticing movement, from a point of stillness, we can choose to remain in the stillness that exists between the thoughts, choosing to remain with inner peace.
Choose to remain with inner peace.. Found through meditation.. Click here.. BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION
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Wednesday, 23 December 2009
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 10
Holding onto Happiness - 3 - Clarity and puritySo, as we venture around our mountain once again, we follow a path, a somehow familiar path, but a path that is new, as we are reaching a higher ground as our starting point is not the same, we began our journey some time ago.
The air, as we ascend the mountain, becomes clearer and becomes purer, and as a result of this experience we can begin to see a little further than previously, noticing distant objects and also a subtle vibrancy to those objects close to us.
This clarity and purity may seem rarefied and unfamiliar at first, but as we acclimatise to our new altitude, a sense of comfort and familiarity develops within our experience. As we draw closer to the pool of inner peace that resides within our minds, we will become aware of a clarity and purity within our minds.
A clarity that is a clearness of mind, like a window cleared of condensation, or the clarity of a newly polished mirror - bright, clear and vibrant. And a purity too, a freedom from impurity, like a cool, clear moonlit night - after the dust has settled from the heat of the day.
The clarity within the mind allows an increased awareness, and a stillness that enables us to notice movement, movement that was hitherto unobserved.
These movements of mind, or passing thoughts, are the cause of so much anxiety and distraction, drawing our attention into the blind alleys of worry and fear.
Using this newly found clarity, it becomes possible to develop a mindfulness, empowering us to notice what is happening within our mind, and further enabling choice - choice as to what we think of, and where we wish to direct our mind.
If you could see clearly, what you wanted to think about, and therefore experience, what would you think?
The first moment, found through the gentle art of meditation... Click here... BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION
Monday, 21 December 2009
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 9
Holding onto Happiness - 2 - Inner stillnessAs we sit, here and now, what is our experience?
From the motion of the far universe, the circular motions of the solar system, to the rotation of planet Earth, all is in motion.
And from where we sit, and what we see, motion is all around us. We see the clouds move across the sky, the wind blowing in the trees, the traffic of people and transport all around us, and even as we sit in our room, again all around us is in motion - from the flicker of our screens, to the motes of dust that circulate amidst the gentle currents of air around us.
And even then, when we close our eyes, and sit, still, all around us is in motion. The sense awareness that fluctuates around and within our bodies, the circulation of heat and digestion, the sounds that entice us, to the itches and aches that urge to keep us moving.
So, where can we find stillness and true inner peace? Where does it truly reside?
At the centre, the central stillpoint, resides the mind, and that too is in constant motion, as the process of thought and cognition continue. Is there no stillness to be found? Anywhere?
The movement, the motion, in and around us is called 'the dance of constant motion', but though movement both external and bodily are not within our capacity to still or to control, it is possible to still the movement and fluctuations within our minds.
And this understanding, this wisdom, is the key that opens the door to inner peace.
Being aware that stillness can be found within, and that stillness actually resides within, might not be immediately apparent, but through the practices of contemplation and meditation, this stillness, our inner peace shall be located and experienced.
Perhaps a momentary glimpse initially, but once seen, never forgotten.
A simple, but profound first step along the pathway to inner peace and happiness, the first moment of an awakening mind, experiencing happiness by choice, not by chance.
The first moment, found through the gentle art of meditation... Click here... BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION
Friday, 18 December 2009
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 8
Holding onto Happiness - 1 - Going around the mountain...To climb a mountain, to realise a goal, is to undertake a journey, or follow a path.
Ideally, to reach the summit, a clear and direct ascent would be the quickest and shortest path, but as any mountaineer will tell you, this would be highly unlikely and involves far more difficulty than taking the considered and intelligent route.
Traditionally, the inner journey to the peace and stillness that resides within is one that involves patience and also a gentle approach, as though progress may be rapid, an easing into a new inner location requires both the creation of new habits of mind and the abandonment of past, familiar uncomfortable mind sets.
So, whilst breaking habits quickly and deftly might suit some, on the whole a gradual shift of emphasis and familiarity will facilitate an easy re-alignment of awareness.
Our journey to the sanctuary of inner peace, serenity and tranquillity is like a pathway to the summit of a mountain, so, we can follow a gentle pathway, a route around the mountain, that brings us back close to our starting point, but a little closer to our destination, and, as we continue through both the passage of time and our circumambulation of the mountain, week by week, we will be covering similar though fresh ground, but reaching a higher altitude, closer to the summit.
This spiralling path helps us to gradually close in to our goal, making gentle and progressive inward ripples, guiding us surely towards our inner peace.
And, as we become aware of our inner stillness, our inner peace, a sense of happiness and contentment will arise. Not an elation or breathless excitement, but a beautiful awareness of our truth that lies within - the truth that peace, happiness and contentment are found within.
And from this initial recognition, the opportunity to allow this peace to radiate throughout the mind and into our very selves, and eventually into the world we inhabit... Slowly around the mountain.
And, as it has been said 'A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step', and that first step, towards inner peace, can be that of a breathing meditation... Click here... BREATHING & RELAXATION MEDITATION
Thursday, 17 December 2009
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 7
Organic Spirit... A natural progression and growth of aspiration.For our aspiration is the initiator of movement, from stasis and lockdown, into an expressive, radiant and abundant future.
From your heart, from your mind, commence the process of creating the billowing waves of healing and love that serve to relax and release, and to free the emotional barrier that both restricts your expression and represses your inspiration.
And the trigger of self-belief will unlock the energetic flow of connection to others and then into your world. For should you believe that your profound inner knowing is that which you need, and is that which is best for you, release it within yourself.
This is not selfish, nor self-indulgent, and you know this, as the softening of the barriers between inner and outer worlds grants your wishes, your wish to be at peace with your world.
Perhaps just a glimpse, a momentary connection with your potential, but as a spark is all that is needed to ignite a flame, this moment, this precious moment, has the power to reveal in you, in this moment of direct experience, the bliss that resides within you.
I choose not to analyse, but simply to close my eyes and experience.
Experience - so private, so perfectly intimate, and ... forgiving. Forgiving of past faults and mistakes, past failures, softening those harsh and abrasive memories of guilt and shame. For there is a guilt associated with release of guilt - Am I allowed to release my guilt? Yes, you are, and I am too, and what is more I wish to, and am doing so - right now.
Like the load lifted from your shoulders, as the weight is removed, allow a sense of lightness to move up within you - your freedom, your release, your joy...
Please do try this short meditation here, by relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but I hope it is worth the wait.... x
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 6
Give to Get... Does it work?I am going to start with a beautiful example of giving, as an experiment.
Passing through your day, encountering friends and strangers, what can you give? Well, I'm going to suggest you can give a smile. Now, not merely a facial expression, but a smile that starts from the heart.
I'm sat here, practicing a smile from my heart, to understand and recognise exactly what a smile from the heart feels like.
For me it feels like a relaxation of my fears and of my barriers, and this releases a smile that starts at my eyes and moves down releasing my real smile.
Just practicing this, sat at my desk, encourages a beautiful wave to transform my experience, from within... So, at this moment I am giving to myself, and gaining also - A private give to get.
So, now to test this... I have determined that the very next person I encounter, whomever they may be, will be the recipient of my giving - They will receive my warm smile, and I wonder what I will get?
*Time passes*
There is a local woman, very angry with the world, who wanders around our neighbourhood shouting at everyone. I do not know her name, as I am a little bit afraid of her, and I have never really spoken to her, aside from a slight acknowledgement, and, as circumstances would have it, she was my first encounter.
What did I get? After my smile she transformed, perhaps only for a few moments, but she ended up, as she walked away from me, blowing kisses in my direction... That I did not expect. I gave and I got...
The memory has re-activated my smile, and that inner warmth has returned, and I like it! I gave, and I got, and I am getting again... It works...
And now, I am smiling at you. x
Please do try this short meditation here, by relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but I hope it is worth the wait.... x
Monday, 14 December 2009
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 5
Where is that off switch? The pause button, that holds and stills our minds for a moment?So much of the time our thoughts rush through our minds, like a swollen river, carrying debris and scattering our energy, in a seemingly endless torrent. As events and circumstances evolve around us, drawing our attention, in an ever increasing loop of feedback, where and when will peace arise?
Maybe after Christmas, or perhaps when I go on holiday next year... How about you? When is your peace booked in?
Why wait? The desk clerk is patiently waiting for you, as, you have a reservation. Oh yes, you are a special guest, you are expected. Can you feel yourself entering the peace within, for it is beckoning you, with a warmth, and a gentle glowing light inside offering a place of peace and stillness... Maybe if you close your eyes for a moment you may notice.
It is perfect, for you. It is yours and yours alone to visit and experience, as often as you wish. No charge, no fee, no bill... Ever.
Please do try this short meditation here, by relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but I hope it is worth the wait.... x
Sunday, 13 December 2009
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 4
Standing on the shoulders of giants... Let's go there.Step 1 - Choose a giant, maybe someone with a talent you admire, someone with astonishing vision, or someone who has made profound change in this world... Right, I have chosen mine, you choose yours.
Step 2 - Here I am going to practice a form of mental athleticism or yoga, and allow those positive attributes of my chosen giant to become mine, by imagining that deep within me, at my very centre, the giant's qualities have manifested and become mine to share and enjoy. Oh, and the giant is very happy to share...
Step 3 (there is a ladder you see to reach those high shoulders) - So now you are there, what are you going to do? Given that you can now achieve higher, create as you wish, realise your aims and goals, what vision do you have?
Step 4 - Surrender to the combined energetic flow of both your giant and yourself, for at this time there is no direct control, as the way in which progress is made to your goal is to focus on the destination, the result, your vision.
Step 5 - As you trust your giant, now allow their energy to increase your own sense of potential and capability, by imagining what they would be doing, right now, to achieve your goal with you.
Aligned with this process is your intention, or motivation - That which initiates your wish to achieve your goal - Why do you wish to reach your goal? Really, WHY? And, this question is very important, as by travelling to your chosen destination you will affect all those around you, those close to you and those within your world, as we all are interacting with one another, affecting each other as we journey into the future.
Is your giant a gentle loving friend, who works to benefit the many, or just the few, for there is a subtle element of karma operating here, in the form of multiplication - The more beneficial the intended outcome, the more powerful the result will be, so allow your giant's truth and wisdom to carry you forward.
My giant? Well, he happens to be a man I know, a monk... No giant in the physical sense, for he is a tiny man, but... A true giant of peace, healing and love...
Please do try this short meditation here, by relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but I hope it is worth the wait.... x
Saturday, 12 December 2009
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 3
The Nobel Peace Prize.... Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, found himself reading his obituary. A journalist confusing Alfred with his recently deceased brother, had mistakenly published Alfred Nobel's death notice.A horrified Nobel, upon reading his obituary, realised that his life would be remembered for destruction. An extremely wealthy man, he determined that upon his actual death he would rather be remembered for peace, and thus the Nobel Peace Prize was born.
I am going to pause for a minute and consider, or balance, my actions throughout my life. Peaceful versus Destructive...
Being foolish, selfish and simply human, there follows behind me a series of errors, poor decisions and rash actions... Is this how my obituary might read?
Just as Alfred Nobel determined to re-create his legacy, so too can I.
From this moment there are, and will be, countless moments and countless opportunities to rewrite my future history - and you too...
Oh my, just imagine this - Every person you know, engaged in this activity, of being only considerate, patient, gentle, loving and forgiving, moment by moment radiating a constant flow of intersecting ripples that meet in blissful warmth, raising in potential and feeding back to your own source, increasing our ability to create an ever expansive potential... Close your eyes for a few moments and imagine.
And, for as long as I can maintain that thought, that flow of loving energy, I am re-writing my legacy, for those thoughts protect me, nourish me, and sustain me, and peace will arise from within.
And here is a thought, a game to play - However those you encounter appear to you, just imagine that they too are radiating love, wisdom, forgiveness and understanding too, for deep inside they are... Take a moment to consider their problems, their difficulties, and how they might struggle to find peace, but understanding that deep within them is that wish to love and be loved.
Re-write your future history, allow your life to be at peace, with no destruction, and, - If you can, I can, and, - If you will, I will.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to ...... YOU!
Please do try this short meditation here, by relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but I hope it is worth the wait.... x
Friday, 11 December 2009
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 2
When we hold someone, in our arms, in our life or in our thoughts, we offer protection.And our capacity to protect relates directly to our intention. Tell me, are you aware of your intention?
For awareness of intention is probably the most powerful method we have of creating the outcome we desire, and this wish, this intention, can manifest externally in ways that might not appear in harmony with our desire, for contained within our intention are hidden attributes that may appear painful or disconcerting, but in the longer view, the difficulty may well transpose into opportunity, for sometimes we have to experience pain in order to break free of habitual patterns.
Complacency can creep up, laziness can gather and these blindfold our true potential.
So, if your wish has not come true, hold on... be patient for a little longer, and what you intend will come about, but perhaps not quiet in the manner you anticipated.
It is good to practice methods of focusing your mind, to clear and settle the mind, in order to direct the mind, powered by intention.... What do you intend? Really?
Don't lose sight of your aim, as 'Obstacles are those frightening things you see when you take your eyes off your goal'...
Please do try this short meditation here, by relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but I hope it is worth the wait.... x
Monday, 7 December 2009
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 1
What is it that we feel? It is the mind and body, the two engaged and combined, as supple and soft interface, for as we think, so we feel.From within our mind arises the source of understanding of what it is we are feeling, and may I ask you, does this ever feel like a battle? Does your mind seem at war with your body, and your body at war with your mind?
Like an ebb and flow of constant wearying tensions that demean and reduce our capacity to withstand the tumult of existence, our seeming inablity to manage our well-being and happiness are often overwhelming... I know.
Circumstance is not within our ability to control, but we can accept. And within acceptance resides our peace, our light, our stillness.
That elusive stillness, that darts away, with disarming familiarity, is what I wish for you - your stillness to become your friend, your inner peaceful friend, who welcomes you with open and embracing arms, to comfort you and protect you.
For in that peace, that we know exists, is the protection from suffering, the cessation of pain. For our anguish serves to increase our pain, whilst love, for yourself and others, is the healing power that will dissolve anguish, fear and pain.
So feel no fear of love, to be shared from within the privacy of your being, for loving, forgiving and accepting will heal you. Then, what you will feel, throughout your body is the love that seeks to protect you.
I wish for you what I seek for myself, inner peace.
Please do try this short meditation here, by relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but I hope it is worth the wait.... x
Sunday, 6 December 2009
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BODY ENERGETICS - AN ESSAY
BODY ENERGETICSMIND-BODY INTERFACE
There is a harmony and fluid, dynamic relationship between the mind and the body. Though the mind is a separate entity from the body, the two exist in direct relationship with each other.
For without the mind, the body ceases to function and will die.
The body is physical, empirical and living, whereas the mind is invisible, subtle and non-physical.
The body is pervaded by the mind, the mind can be experienced throughout the body - the exceptions being the hair and nails, which though extensions of the body are not pervaded by mind.
The Western school of thought tends to consider the mind to be the brain, but based upon Eastern understanding, the brain is considered to be a functioning aspect of the physical body, and therefore not the subtle, non-physical mind.
So, what is the mind? The mind is described as clarity and cognition clarity as its nature is clear and unobstructed, like a clear glass of water through which light can pass, but with a greater attribute of clarity as the mind knows no obstructions whatsoever.
The mind is not impeded by distance, object or time. We know this from our own experience, for should we think of a distant object or place, maybe a distant city, our mind travels there immediately, and also the mind can travel through solid objects such as walls and mountains. Time too is no impediment to mind as we can visit places of our past with complete accuracy and also project into the possibilities of the future.
And cognition, the other aspect of the mind that tends to cognise or engage with knowable objects. We can understand this from our ability to 'see' or 'know' colours, shapes or forms, and to touch, taste, hear and smell.. For in its aspect of cognition the mind knows objects, makes sense of our physical existence, and facilitates our survival in this world.
The clarity enables the lucidity of cognition to be sifted and sorted, to create our life as we know and understand it, and allow the information necessary for our human survival to be maximised, and the superfluous information to be minimised.
Our own mind knows our own body better than any other thing in this universe, as it is, in effect, the closest thing to us, and this closeness, this harmonious relationship is a beautifully symbiotic relationship.
For, to enable and maximise our body potential we need to be able to nourish, maintain and sustain our vehicle of this life with maximum efficiency and with minimum effort.
We have many aspects to our lives, from our base and primitive survival to the highest aspects of spiritual aspiration... These aspects of our human life are both dependant upon our body, for without our human body we cannot survive, or explore and reach our highest spiritual potential.
So, we can ask, how well do we know our body, and how well do we know our mind? And one further question, how well do we know the relationship between mind and body?
We can gain insight and understanding into our minds through the practice of meditation, which is covered in 'Holding onto Happiness' and as explained, this involves participation and a pro-active approach.
Too often, in the modern Western world we bypass the responsibility of both our mind's welfare and the welfare of our bodies to the medical profession, and therein lies so many of the problems within both individuals minds and also the wider problems of society.
For, who can know our body better than ourselves? We have lived within our body throughout our life, but we are seldom encouraged to engage in any analysis or understanding into the nature and functions of our physical bodies. We may have an understanding of anatomy and physiology if we have had specific tutoring or education, but how many of us have been taught or encouraged to gain insights into the relationships of mind and body, and then to take active responsibility for our health, well-being and development.
This knowledge is called 'Body Energetics', a study of the relationship of mind and body from the perspective of the energy or flow that ensures our health, well-being and vitality.
Understanding, and then adopting an engaged and participatory role in out lives is essential to create, develop and increase our health, well-being and happiness. It is possible to take each of these elements, and develop each individually, but a holistic and combined approach creates a magical and profoundly transformational effect.
For who you have been, and who you are now is not who you need to be. It may be that your life is the way you wish it to be, but should you wish to chart a course to become a new person, a person of subtle, powerful and refined qualities, it is useful to gain an insight into who you are now and gain a reference as to who you wish to become, for we are the architects of our experience, we can choose which attributes we wish to develop and expand, and release those tiresome aspects we wish to leave behind.
And finally, to the aspect of vitality, which might be described as our wellspring of energy. The source of our life forces and the continuum of our continual transformation that defies a precise definition, but within our lives we know if we have vitality, or not...
Body energetics practices will function to increase our vitality, ensuring our capacity for growth and development, with the added aspects of increasing our radiance, calm and beauty. These aspects of our lives increase in relationship to our vitality and this can be understood by the occasions when we have met someone with great vitality - their skin and eyes have a lustre and glow, and they will exude a sense of calm, and have beauty in their body language, manner and demeanour.
I can say, with complete certainty, that you, should you choose to engage with your potentials, will gain and increase all these attributes within your life - you will become body energetic.
THE SUBTLE BODY
When we begin to contemplate body energetics, there is much that is subtle and intuitive. Much of the medical profession will deny the existence of the subtle body, and why is this? It is because it is not visible, and cannot be directly seen or measured, but I shall ask you - are these sufficient reasons for you? Or, are you aware of the subtle flow and movements around and within your body?
To consider the subtle body is like contemplating an ocean - the complete body of water, with currents, eddies, flow and movement, continually shifting and travelling, and as with an ocean, the movement tends to follow reasonably predictable paths and patterns, but change is always occurring.
It is taught that within our body, our energy flows along 72,000 channels (or nadis), carried by winds, which arise from our minds, and to gain a little insight as to how this functions, we can try a little experiment.
If you touch your finger and thumb together, you will feel the sensation of touch, and when using the wisdom of body energetics, it is explained that the reason why we sense touch here is that our mind travels to the point of contact, carried by winds, travelling along the channels.
This understanding of how the mind moves throughout the body is the basis for understanding body energetics. So, we can stimulate the movement of our mind by touch, or we can stimulate the movement of our mind by thought, and again, we can try an experiment.
Think of your thumb tip, and consider what it is experiencing right now, and you will be moving your mind to that part of your body, and this can be repeated to any and all parts of your body, including muscles and inner organs.
At first our control of the movement of energy within our body, using the mind, is quite unrefined, but with practice, and with a map, it becomes subtle, direct and powerful.
And we do have a map. The main channel we have is called our central channel, and this runs from the base of our spine, rises up to the crown of our head, and forward to the centre of our eyebrows.
And, along the central channel are 7 chakras. These chakras are situated at the base of the spine, mid-way between the base of the spine and the navel, at the navel, at the heart level, at the throat, at the crown of the head, and midway between the eyebrows.
These chakras are the main meeting points of all the 72,000 channels, and such can be considered the hubs of the subtle body.
As the mind resides at the heart chakra, all movement of wind arises from the heart chakra, and travels up and down the central channel, and the 2 side channels, and then out into the 72,000 channels that comprise our subtle body.
The body is an ocean of currents and movements, arising from mind, flowing in familiar patterns, from finer tip to the crown of the head, and slowly, gradually, this movement can be directed by your will.
The flow of energy is sometimes described as Chi or Prana, and it is this directed movement that is used in both Tai Chi and Yoga. As we think of moving the body, the body responds and moves, as we gain control of the subtle body energy. And as the controlled movement becomes refined and considered our movements become graceful, elegant, precise and powerful, and this in turn brings an inner confidence arising from a clarity of mind and a sureness of thought.
INNER VISION FOR WELLNESS AND HEALING
With the experience, practice and knowledge of body energetics arises the potential to know our own body, and know your body with astonishing insight and accuracy.
This is called 'inner vision' and it develops into the ability to scan your own body, almost as an MRI can or X-Ray, to 'see' and 'know' exactly what is occurring within our living form.
With experience and practice it becomes possible to view the inner world of our body with the clarity in which we can see the room we are sat in. And, as we sit in our room we can see if areas are clean or dirty, tidy or untidy, cluttered or clear, broken or working, and this insight is invaluable as a tool for understanding our own health and wellbeing.
For with this inner clarity, the functioning of our body becomes apparent, and we begin to be able to determine the condition of our body, and choose to adopt self-healing understanding and techniques to both heal ourselves and take practical steps to maintain our health.
It always seemed strange to me that we should take our body to a doctor to understand what we are experiencing when, we, as having been in direct contact with our bodies for our whole lives, should have a very clear idea and insight as to what is happening within our bodies - but, there is a very good reason why we do not have this experience.
When we experience pain or discomfort in our bodies, what do we do and how do we respond to pain? On a body energetic level we pull our energy, our awareness, away from the pain to reduce the intensity of the experience. Though this has a quick and useful response and reaction mechanism, in the long term much of our illness, ill health, low vitality, stiffness, aches and pains can be partly attributed to this de-sensitising of our body due to the withdrawal of our awareness and energy.
If for example we have a pain in our hip, what might our normal course of action be? Probably to try and 'protect' the hip, by tightening our muscles around the hip joint, blocking the energy flow, and gradually over a long period of time we will create an energy 'vacuum' around the joint, locked in with spasmed muscles, which in turn will add a tilt to our walking and standing postures, throwing our body our of shape.
The ramifications of these vacuums can be very acute in the long term, causing very serious imbalances throughout our system. These areas of neglect within our body, once neglected and ignored, are like areas of a garden that are overlooked, and become choked with weeds and overcome with dense undergrowth and even impenetrable brambles, and back in the context of our body energetic flow, blockages will occur.
These energy blockages will manifest gradually in our physical body, in our digestive system, our nervous system, our bloodstream and our glandular systems, leading to ill health and disease.
Consider the water system within your home, if the pipes leak, are blocked, kinked or damaged, the system will be sluggish, turgid and will flow erratically and unevenly, and this is very similar as to how our energy system will weaken and fail.
So, how do we develop our inner vision and empower ourselves to clear and then avoid blockages, and maintain clear energetic flow?
BODY WORK
For optimum energy and vitality we have to accept and observe responsibility for our own well-being. It is not enough to rely upon treatments and practitioners to maintain our bodies for us.
For optimum flow of Chi or Prana we can enlist the help of reflexologists, acupuncturists or Reiki healers, but as with so many aspects of life, prevention is better than cure.
With the correct usage of bodywork and breathwork we can prevent blockages in our system and avoid many common illnesses and diseases, to the extent that we will rarely become ill, even shrugging off the common cold.
Picture this - after winter it is time to get the garden hose out of the shed to water the garden. We turn on the tap, but no water comes out of the end of the hose. With a little irritation we turn back and look at the hose, kinked and twisted, bent and distorted, and as we gradually straighten the hose a trickle begins to emerge until we have laid the hose out straight, and after a few final splutters and delays the water begins to flow, eventually clearing all the winters collected debris and stale water until the water finally flows free, pure, powerful and clear.
And this clearance, removal of blockages, can be achieved with our physical bodies, and this has the ramification within our subtle bodies as the two intertwine and inter connect.
A gentle process of stretching, toning and twisting the body, using soft yoga practices will enable and facilitate energetic flow clearly and lightly, gradually increasing our inner awareness, well being and vitality.
The first time you might practice a yoga stretch, the body may feel tight and stiff, but if it is possible for you to consciously relax around the tight or tense muscles, using the mind, the tension will ease, and a sense of comfort and relief will begin to flow and flood the body. And should you choose to enter the path, the practice of yoga, over time your body will become strong, subtle, lithe and vibrant.
During the process of opening the body, over a period of time we ill encounter many obstacles and challenges, and by choosing to continue through the challenges, an increased awareness and understanding of physical, emotional and spiritual bodies will emerge, and amongst these realisations will be the revelation of emotional traumas that have been held and trapped within our physical bodies, often completely without our conscious knowledge.
For, as we journey through our lives, we experience traumas, abuse, fear and rejections, maybe apparently minor and forgotten, but the echoes of these seemingly trivial (or indeed major) events, can be stored and locked within our muscles.
When we are frightened, threatened or confronted, there is often an involuntary and un-noticed muscular tension or spasm that arises within the body habitually in similar life situations, and possible even at the thought or memory of similar occasions.
These physical responses, to emotional situations, can also create blockages or vacuums within the body that divert our energy from a particular part of our body, and over time our joints, organs or muscles can begin to lock and freeze.
By practicing body energetics, through yoga and breathwork, we will be bought into direct awareness of the boundaries of our blockages, and when encountered, a unique and special opportunity arises, for in that moment of encounter, we can choose to witness and engage with that specific emotional stored trauma.
And at this time, an understanding will arise, activating the memory associated with that hidden blockage, and as the experience is recalled, you will gain intuitive insight into the nature of the muscular tightness, and once identified, never forgotten. Over the following few days, as you continue to witness the low ache, once hidden within the body, a continuance of the trauma's initial memory will loosen, and the blockage will dissipate and energy will flow once again.
Travel safely, dear ones... I am with you. Mark xxx
PS....
COMMUNICATING OUT OF DARKNESS
Sometimes our minds are pervaded with darkness, and our light is obscured and hidden, and at these times it can seem impossible to find our way back to peace and light.
For many of this world the opportunities to communicate from an inner perspective of peace, protection and safety can be extremely difficult for days, weeks, months, years or even an entire lifetime. This can be as a result of depression, mental illness, medications, dependencies or autism.
Within each of our minds, and within the minds of those most troubled and suffering exists a yearning wish to be understood, accepted and embraced.
And for those residing in fear and darkness the opportunities to find a person who can initiate a spark of connection and communication can be so very rare.
For when one is residing in darkness, the potentials for inspirational and connecting communications are reduced and limited to the minimum, from both the sides of those seeking connection and also from those inhabiting the corridors of tumult and confusion.
As the opportunities for potential connection reduce, due to insecurity, inhibitions and fear, the means of offering a lifeline of shared enthusiasm and optimism, or even a connection of shared pessimism and fear, become less likely, and this can precipitate a lifetime of abandonment.
But between all minds there are shared and common paths, and the means of discovering these entails the art of listening. Listening not only with your ears, but with your heart and mind, achieved by not forming answers and judgements to another's situation, but by allowing another's expressions, feelings and words to enter you - fully... To allow a non-judgemental empathy to arise within your own mind.
For when we choose to listen, fully, we begin not only to hear words, but we become aware of body languages, the tonal qualities of the voice, and the expressive mediums of timing, pausing and phrasing - a full picture is being revealed, if we choose to see.
Upon receipt of expressive communication, the potential for mind bridging arises as an understanding and linking between the deeper privacies of each person becomes softly apparent and unfolding, and the tender and vulnerable paths of connective absorption can begin to flourish.
Within the mind of the listener a desire for haste and interjection can instinctively be aroused, but if a soft determination to maintain open listening can be observed, non-interference will continue to engender a continuous expressive flow of communications.
From this flow, the opportunity for a path out from the heart of darkness is created, and from the heart of the listener, the warmth of love, empathy and hope can be expressed and offered - a bridge from the dark into the light.
Monday, 30 November 2009
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THE HEALING CREATIVE 35
31. EXCHANGE COMMUNITYDEFINITION
A connectivity, the relationship between beings, between all living things.
An implied responsibility we have for one another's welfare, safety and happiness - a duty of care.
This is a fellowship and shared sense of individuality that both identifies us as individuals and conjoins us in our isolation, with the variations in propensities for understanding being based upon our capacity for empathy and the acknowledgement of other's feelings.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
When we engage in creational methodologies and techniques, our prime consideration should be love, compassion and empathy towards others.
Just as everything is linked, and part of the whole, so too all, yes all living beings are also part of the whole, and so to harm or damage any living being is to harm ourselves.
This sense of equanimity and compassion will prevent any misappropriation of creational power and guarantee a positive and beneficial outcome.
We must do no harm, for what benefits others will benefit ourselves, and this essence, when aligned with creative desire has the power and capacity to increase, in direct relationship to the number of beings we consider. Meaning that if we engage in an action with the intention of helping 1000 living beings, the resultant power of that action is multiplied by a factor of 1000, and, imagine the power of an action performed with the intention of benefiting every living being... Just imagine...
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
And, for the end of the cycle is also the beginning, the commencement of the open heart, the loving mind and the infinite creation. That we can experience love, share bliss and communicate with one another holds the meaning of being a healed creative.
Ultimately dependent upon all other living beings, existing with joyful tears of understanding that fall down our cheeks, we can be unashamed of our expression of both our insignificance and our humility.
For others are countless and we are but one, so who, we can ask, is truly of more importance?
We have healed for others, and we create for tomorrow, that all shall be healed.
AFFIRMATION
If I harm you I am harming myself, so I will not harm anyone.
Thursday, 26 November 2009
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30. DARK-LIGHTDEFINITION
The tension and balance between 2 extremes.
The dependent co-existence of polar opposites, for example hot/cold, inner/outer, male/female or light/dark.
The acknowledgement and non-denial of polarity and duality enables an axis of reference from which we are safe to explore in either direction.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
Though all is one in ultimate truth, in conventional truth exists duality.
Though extremes exist in dualism, it is beneficial to reside in and travel the middle way, though being unafraid of either extreme. With this basis of fearlessness we can allow our mind to imagine, but without having to experience the outer extremes.
And, the broader the spectrum or range of expansion into dualism, the more harmonious our lives become. For each exploration, say, up, we have to take a similar exploration down, and this prevents an imbalance or a dissonant oscillation within our experience.
We must acknowledge that which might intimidate or frighten us, in order to learn to be unafraid, for that which we fully comprehend serves to be an ally to our growth and development.
And, arising from our growing experience of duality naturally arises an increasing tendency to unity.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
As we live, through day and night, and we breathe, inhaling and exhaling, our very life is formed around opposites.
Feel no tension, within or without, feel only the cyclic resonance, the harmonious rhythm and exquisite balance of perception and experience.
For the healed creative is that - healed, and can release suffering from their palette of experience, seeing troubles, pain and difficulties as opportunities as a cleansing of karma, creating more possibilities for healing, for both yourself and the world we inhabit.
AFFIRMATION
It is safe for me to explore my soul.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
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29. ORGANICADEFINITION
This being the freer, creative, feminine aspect of the mind machine, (i.e. the brain).
Non rational, instinctive, idealised, creative and inspirational, this more organic and exploratory lobe revels in the unexplainable.
This aspect of the mind machine does not require answers, and is happy to be immersed in the joy of mystery.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
When using the imagination and creative visualisation techniques, the right hand side of the brain is predominant.
To look, using the right hand side of the brain, means to see what we are seeing, not to label, identify or understand it.
Left brain over analysis obstructs our ability to relax into the creative flow, and so a conscious shift to the right brain allows the fluidity and softness of our creative aspiration to fully engage with its wish or object of desire.
One of the prime aims of the creative is to have an accentuated right hand brain function.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
Without reason, without rationale, without the need for explanation, what might be considered impossible becomes possible.
For all of creation is wondrous, mysterious and magical, yet it happens and it happens with such beauty, elegance and magnificence beyond intelligence - nature simply is.
We do not have to suspend belief now, we simply have to see what is.
AFFIRMATION
I can explore my creativity knowing it will heal me.
Monday, 23 November 2009
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28. CRYSTALLICDEFINITION
The analytical, numerical and scientific aspect of the mind machine (i.e. the brain).
The masculine and formal rationalising lobe, the left brain, that needs to make sense of our world, and that which also learns.
A crystalline and geometric, straight edged linear aspect that solves problems and seeks answers.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
With some practice it is possible to be aware of the activity as it occurs within the hemispheres of the brain.
A simple exercise to become aware of this function is to look at an object, say, a table.
Consider how the table was constructed, its materials, its structure and its function, and then consider its design, elegance and beauty. This can almost seem to be observing the object through a different eye, the left or the right...
The purpose of this aspect of creational practice is to understand the aspects of the physical body, in this case the brain, that are utilised for the functional aspects of manifesting our desire or creation.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
Beyond words, thoughts and expressions, perhaps a concept that we do not wish to accept, something that is not understandable, but something that is raw, primal and experiential, and beyond our capacity to explain or describe.
It can be so beneficial to let go, to simply be, to accept and to experience without analysis, freeing ourselves from the need to understand and to abandon reason.
Imagine a numbing agent filling the left lobe of your brain and stop thinking and allow experience, trust all will be well.
AFFIRMATION
I can think logically and methodically to create solutions.
Saturday, 21 November 2009
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27. BRIDGING SPACEDEFINITION
The physical and vibrational connection that exists between objects.
This is a force similar to, but unlike gravity, that functions on both the micro and macro scales, from atomic particulate to galactic distances.
It can be considered as the 'glue' that facilitates physical existence.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
Even though space exists between objects, there is a dynamical and energetic connectivity between individual objects and also a simultaneous connection between every object in existence - In essence all things are mutually interdependent upon each and every other object.
This understanding of one of the aspects of existence is a major key in realising our creational capacities. It is because things are interconnected, from our minds to all parts of the universe, that we are able to change and manifest our objects of desire.
Just as our state of mind can affect those around us, so too our aspiration, dynamic, motivation and desire can affect our world.
This ability increases in direct relationship with our capacity and ability to focus our mind. Just as a magnifying glass can focus the sun's rays to a single point, increasing its energy, so too, when we learn to focus our mind through meditation practice, our ability to manifest and create increases.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
Develop a thought, to blow out a candle. From the thought comes action and an invisible response that connects to the future, our invisible breath...
In this way we connect, with both near and far, visible and invisible. We can blow out an invisible flame on a distant planet, and can we say that this does not actually happen.
Do not underestimate your capacity to create or manifest. Your mind, clear, bright, focussed and directed will alter reality.
AFFIRMATION
By changing my mind I can change my world.
Friday, 20 November 2009
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26. CONSTANT PRESENTDEFINITION
We exist solely in the present, in the eternal now.
There exists a constancy and healing in this acknowledgement, and a relief from anxieties relating to the past and future.
Within this safe and protected temporal space a vast arena of fertile and unexplored potentials await discovery.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
We can spend an enormous amount of our time and lives existing within a cage of worry and anxieties that confine and limit our creative expression.
By mistakenly extrapolating into a never ending maze of negatives, we deny our right to exist in the moment. Our experience tells us that the vast majority of our fears and worries do not actually materialise, and indeed we can speculate that just as we can create beautiful and positive events in our lives, we can also create pathways to negative experiences.
By releasing our worries, fears and concerns relating to the as yet unhappened future, we are able to exist in the constant present.
The more we can align with the present, the more profound and stable our sense of safety and our alignment to the creative becomes.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
Try and recall your life as a small child.. Did you worry about the future? As small children, if anxiety arose, it soon passed as we instinctively remained in the present, we lived in the present, absorbed and happy to fill our senses with the events of the moment.
This childlike attitude opens and frees the mind, bringing increased awareness and sense of potential, and this, aligned with our creative desire adds further power to our manifestation.
AFFIRMATION
I can live my life with complete safety in the present moment.
Thursday, 19 November 2009
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25. REQUIRED BASISDEFINITON
A foundation of stable experience and wisdom based upon familiarity and understanding, nurtured in the whole but intuitive in part, that permits stability.
This stability offers the opportunity to pause and not drift, in effect temporarily anchoring the mind thus enabling a perspective and an overview of the current and potential arisings.
To be developed and nurtured over time, a broadening and deepening of a supporting platform.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
Just as a pyramid requires a firm and stable area adjacent to the ground to support the growth above it, we need to establish a wide foundation of experience based knowledge from which we can move into our creative future.
Within our lives we have established structure through familiarity and passed knowledge. Much of what we have learned as a from of stable basis has arisen as a result of our teachers, both explicitly and observed.
The combination of what we have heard and what we have observed forms this foundation, along with blessings that have arisen spontaneously to highlight wisdom paths.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
When we sit, comfortable and still, we are safe in the knowledge that our stability is not in doubt. We know that neither our seat, nor the ground is going to collapse beneath us, and this forms the basis of our physical relaxation.
Relaxing the body, systematically and methodically, facilitates the opening and releasing of the mind, and this increase in awareness, with the mind both safe and alert, allows the potency of our visualised manifestation to rapidly increase, as the mind more confidently engages with its desire.
AFFIRMATION
I am fearless and I shall create my dream.
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
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24. CONFLICT ABANDONMENTDEFINITION
Conflict does arise, both internal and external, but primarily it is the obstacles that arise within the mind that are being considered here.
One makes a decision when such a situation arises, based upon wisdom, experience and desire, and upon making that decision an immediate disassociation from that juncture is initiated.
This is a confident and assured release, freeing the dynamic and facilitating a new found momentum.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
In this context, conflict relates directly to doubt. Doubt is an aspect of mind that prevaricates between two options, and until a choice is made, forward movement is prevented.
This necessary choice (and though this may not be immediate, inasmuch as a gestation period could occur), creates the ramification of decision thus releasing the mind from the hold of conflicting options.
There is great pleasure in making decisions as this frees the mind to move forward, having abandoned the weight of indecision.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
Like trying to swim with a lead weight attached to your waist, inner conflict or doubt makes progress virtually impossible. However, you can release that weight, make your decision, and free your progression.
There is a beautiful surge in power, progress and confidence the moment you connect with your future, and with it, an increased clarity of your desired goal and the capacity for manifestation is magnified.
AFFIRMATION
I am empowered to make my own decisions.
Monday, 16 November 2009
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23. INSPIRATIONAL FOUNTAINDEFINITION
The opening up to the acceptance of the continual manifestation of potentials.
An ever flowing stream of consciousness that carries within it options that each bear a spark, that if correctly identified, isolated and held, can manifest as creative acts.
Inspiration exists within every moment.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
Without expectation, or anticipation, with the mind relaxed and open, the manifestation process, the bridge that extends from mind to universe is activated.
Inspiration arises continually, like an ever flowing fountain, issuing forth many hued options of attention and choice.
When we are seeking, or even thinking of inspiration, we are viewing our fountain, filled with bejewelled droplets, one of which we may consider to contain the seed that carries the potential of our desired dream.
We can simply observe our flow of inspiration, enjoying the witnessing of a beautiful experience, and as and when we choose, electing to follow the appropriate potential.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
Inspiration arrives from within us and also manifests around us.
For those we encounter and that which we witness, we can activate an inspired thought that arrives within the mind, triggered in response to an appearance.
Those that we witness may be angels whose intention is to guide us, or to help us, by illuminating potentials of inspiration, encouraging our healing and creativity.
AFFIRMATION
My inspiration is a joy to me, it opens my heart.
Sunday, 15 November 2009
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22. TEMPORAL LINEARITYDEFINITION
To our usual perception we exist and inhabit within a construct or paradigm wherein time is linear.
This understanding creates opportunities whereby we can initiate circumstances at a point in time in the reasonable knowledge that a probable outcome and resultant event will arise.
There is complete certainty and almost infinite complexity in the analysis and understanding of cause and effect.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
Time, for us, moves in one direction, flowing from the past, through the present, and on into the future.
Often called the passage of time, or the river of time, we can witness the clock hands always moving in one direction and the functioning of natural processes, such as the process of a seed becoming a plant, begetting a seed, becoming a plant..
It is certain that if we plant an acorn an oak tree will grow, and not an elm tree, and too, if we plant the seeds of action, now, in the present, certain results will follow.
Consider actions of body, speech and mind.
In effect we are preparing for the future by acting in the present, and a component of acting in the present is called planning.. Like an artist preparing a canvas for his painting – creative planning.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
The first sketch of our creative healing, the initial outline, will, due to the passing of time, usher into existence.
As the beautiful river of time flows past us, flows around us, and flows through us, our futures arise in the present, drawing our visualisation into reality.
Our beautiful vision, our considered seeds of creation are now manifesting, our dream is materialising.
AFFIRMATION
I am the gardener of my life, for what I plant as a seed, will grow.
Saturday, 14 November 2009
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21. HARVESTING FRUITIONDEFINITION
Rewards and riches exist and occur as a result of our applied efforts, and seemingly acausal events, those seemingly unrelated to our contributory actions.
Each moment brings fruition and reward, though this is often obscured or overlooked.
The art of harvesting fruition is to experience the bliss of abundance without the burden and fear of being separated from it - it is, by nature, transient.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
As the mind becomes settled and eased it becomes easier to see that which we do have as opposed to that which we do not have, and then we can see that even without the things we lack there is much we do have - now.
Maybe we are not hungry, maybe we are warm and maybe we are dry, and these, though often overlooked and considered to be trivial, can be and are, beautiful life conditions.
This simple contentment, can, when embraced, increase to the absolute bliss of abundance, a harvest that is available at all times.
This profoundly simple, but not simplistic realisation, allows the creative to disengage from the fear of future failure and reside in the abundance of the present.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
And as we are, here and now, amidst the surging crescendos of sensual experience, the infinite potentials of abundance are to be embraced and enjoyed.
For this fruition, this blissful ripening, is to carry our creative essence, and to add to its flowing potential, increasing and magnifying through engagement, as we heal and as we create.
AFFIRMATION
I embrace abundance with my every sense.
Friday, 13 November 2009
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20. EMBRACING CHANGEDEFINITION
The inevitability and perfection of change, or impermanence, cannot be resisted, slowed or halted.
The futility and physical exhaustion of resistance to change acts as a weakening force on the desired creational flow.
To embrace change is empowering, challenging and utterly simple in its complexity.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
Abandoning the fear of releasing all, from everything, now, is to engage with impermanence.
Understanding that no thing, from the tiniest particle in the universe, to the skin on our bodies, to intergalactic relationships remain still, for even 2 moments, permits another freedom, the freedom to live in the eternal now.
This facilitates a relaxation, mind centred, that immediately releases all physical tensions that in themselves depend upon an unwillingness to let go.
So, let go and allow all to change, all...
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
You will not fall, you will not tumble into empty space if you release yourself from the static chains of permanence.
Feel safety in the complete release from rigidity and the embracing of fluidity, for amidst the flowing dynamic of change exist the healing emergences, ushering blissful glimmers of creation.
And from this change will arise your desired dream, your wish, your goal.
AFFIRMATION
I live amidst constant change, and this releases me.
Thursday, 12 November 2009
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19. ETHERIC FREEDOMDEFINITION
Between what we perceive as solids, exists aether, that which is the nature of space. This can be considered to be unproduced space as opposed to produced space.
Our minds have the capacity to travel, etherically with complete freedom, instantly, with distance being no obstacle, and time immaterial.
There is no limit to the freedom of mind travel - Anywhere, any time - instantly.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
If we think of London our mind travels to London, whether we have been there or not, as the imagery and iconography is sufficient for us to be there, within our minds, within an instant.
Similarly if we recall an event in the past, again our mind will move to the past, and in both these cases the mind is unhindered by distance, obstacles or time. We are able to travel instantly, across vast distances, through solid wall and mountains.
This is freedom to journey, unhindered.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
Go, perfectly go, perfectly and completely go, unobstructed and unhindered to your dream, for it exists, manifested upon the shores of reality.
For you are now there, with the future existing in the present, and your manifestation, radiant and perfected brings release and a soothing healing energy to your heart.
No more struggle, no more anxiety, no more fears, for your dream future is dawning.
AFFIRMATION
There is no limit to my imagination.
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
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18. BENEFICIAL WISDOMDEFINITION
The choice of a wisdom based path carries many powerful benefits.
The basis of a wisdom path is that which leads to a beneficial outcome, a happy ending..
There are both subtle and manifest results of such an understanding and undertaking, an inner contentment and the ramifications of a peaceful and harmonious external environment.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
A simple practice to understand the process of a wisdom path is to close your eyes, gather the mind and imagine taking a decision, for instance standing at a fork in the road.
There exists at this time 2 options, and one path leads to light, and the other to dark, and on this occasion we wish to head into light.
Using memory, experience and intuition, which of the 2 options we are presented with, or which of the 2 paths lead to light? Which then is the wisdom path?
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
Surrounding the pure light of the heart is a perfected translucent diamond of absolute clarity, and through each of the facets the endless light manifests as rainbow streams, each illuminating wisdom pathways.
As the mind responds with joy, and a wisdom resonance is experienced deep within the mind, be sure, be certain, that the identified path is the perfect option, that of wisdom, that will empower your creative desire and your pure manifestation.
AFFIRMATION
May I follow, at all times, the path of the wise.
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
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17. VIBRATIONAL BALANCEDEFINITION
Just as when a spinning coin oscillates and its centre remains still during the final vibrational shimmer, so too, in the external vibrational experience, there is also an inner still point.
This understanding and recognition can be utilised during times of turbulence and unsettlement, realising that the stillpoint lies within.
Locating and experiencing this inner balance point will precipitate a reduction of external vibrational dissonance.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
An inner still point manifests as peace, serenity and tranquillity as it serves as a disassociation from the external world and the physical body.
The practice of seeking this vibrational reduction causes the gathering of the mind, permitting clarity and focus.
The symbol represents the axis around which manifestation occurs and also our senses expand, both within the body and into our universe, and so a conscious reversal of this effect/process enables a re-establishment or re-connection to both our body and our world.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
Picture a humming bird, whose wings beat so rapidly as a blur, whilst she tastes the golden nectar from the orchid's well.
An immaculate stillness, held free from oscillation, arises, as the harmonic graduates to the singularity of her heart chakra.
A nectar of peace and stillness arises from the pool, whose sweetness permeates...
AFFIRMATION
The most profound peace exists deep within me at all times.
Monday, 9 November 2009
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16. HARMONIC RELEASEDEFINITION
The process of exhalation, an opportunity to relax both physically and energetically.
During exhalation, the surface of the body is able to connect more fully with the space around us, permitting a free flow of energy into our auric space.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
The aura is the near space that surrounds us, and is that which radiates our state of mind, our condition of health and well being, and also our intention.
As we exhale we expand fully into our aura, both in terms of exhaled breath and also our resonance or harmonic passes from our physical body into our etheric bodies.
This can be considered as a radiance that fully surrounds our body, that can be seen or sensed by those who see us. This subtle manifestation is read by all, and this is how we can 'sense' whether someone is well or ill, whether they like us or not and many other instinctive or intuitive understandings.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
After the pivotal turn around, the exhalation commences the power of manifestation through the connection of mind, to breath, to external world.
As you breathe out, visualise an energetic creative resonance, travelling from the entire body into auric surroundings, creating a manifestation connection that exists outside the physical body.
Our loving pranic energy, our desired outcome passes into the world, and we commence our magical effect.
AFFIRMATION
Being relaxed is so beneficial for me.
Friday, 6 November 2009
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15. STASIS EASEDEFINITION
The moments of breath retention between inhalation and exhalation.
At this time the mind has an opportunity to still, as both the breath and the subtle energy winds gather at the heart centre through mental and physical stillness.
The prana has the opportunity to fully manifest within the physical body and be distributed evenly, bringing pause and precipitating relaxation.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
At the moment of breath turn around the breath is held at full capacity for a few moments.
At this time draw the awareness into the heart chakra using the visualisation of a closing flower.
This visualisation can draw the subtle energy winds and gather them at the seat of the root mind, the heart chakra.
As the energy winds gather the physical body is allowed to fully relax, as in sleep, without tension or tightness, and the prana can fully assimilate into the physical body.
This stasis or retention enables physical ease and peace of mind.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
The magnificence of the stillness of the breath draws an inner silence and inflowing of creational energy.
A union is initiated at the heart chakra that retains all the sense awarenesses with voluptuous inward rolling rhythms.
This gathering of energies prepares the mind for directional flow change.
AFFIRMATION
I am happy in the stillness of a silent moment.
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Thursday, 5 November 2009
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14. INHALATION ENERGYDEFINITION
The pranic energisation experienced during inhalation.
Our inhalation of air, preferable through the nose as opposed to the mouth, carries prana, the life force of the universe that sustains, nourishes and vitalises our bodies.
Conscious inhalation is a method to increase our intake of prana, thus stimulating our chakras, our subtle body and our dynamic vitality.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
With closed eyes and mouth, slowly and deeply inhale to your full capacity, drawing the breath into the abdomen.
Whilst inhaling visualise the prana (or life energy contained within the air) entering the physical body, as ripples or waves of expanding pure energy.
Allow this to permeate the entire body, manifesting throughout, and bringing a physical and sensitivity to the body's entire form.
Imagining a hollow body filled with an energised pure light.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
The sensual slide of air as it enters your nose shall arouse an intimate desire to connect with the inhalation of breath.
Use a magical visualisation of the prana entering and spiralling down to the heart chakra, like a coiling and entwining fine vapour, that finds its miniscule focus, and drawing in all the senses with it.
AFFIRMATION
My every breath brings me inspiration and energy.
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Tuesday, 3 November 2009
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13. INSPIRATIONAL UPSURGEDEFINITION
The regeneration of the power of the creative source, a re-ignition of the flame.
Following a reduction of faith in the desired outcome, the momentum and flow of the energetic power can be slowed and sensed towards a reversal.
Often spontaneously, but also through the application of the mental attribute of optimism, the re-empowering and re-enactment of the initial inspiration gains a new impetus.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
When inspiration and energy wanes, the grasp of the desired outcome weakens and the vision can appear to slip away.
This channelling and focussing of re-intention has the capacity to re-affirm our connection with our desired outcome and this newly cleared pathway is widened and enhanced by creating a channel like connection from the present to our desire.
The power to maintain this connection is in the form of light - transparent, bright, and luminescent, a light tunnel.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
And deep at the heart centre, at the intimate focus point, dwells the light of inspiration, and to notice this light is to encourage its expansion and movement.
It loves to be noticed and responds with a joyous reaction that will expand to fill your entire body with a blissful confidence... It is hard not to grin and the inner light warms every atom..
AFFIRMATION
My faith in my abilities is increasing.
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Sunday, 1 November 2009
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12. PATH RETREATDEFINITION
The understanding that an incorrect path has been undertaken and that a short retreat is necessary prior to following the correct path.
Having the clarity, sensitivity and humility to recognise and act upon the recognition of an error of judgement, or a poor intuitive reaction.
The momentum of the choice is not yet sufficient to prevent reversal.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
This is similar to the realisation that we have taken a wrong turn on a car journey, that moment of recognition that we are not heading in the right direction, or that we are driving down the wrong road.
A subtle inner alert system, a recognition or an instantaneous dawning that if we carry on we will rapidly be moving further and further from our destination.
At this point an opportunity still exists for us to backtrack to the point of our wrong turning, or to rewind to our previous position. Though actually impossible to 'go back' it is often possible to re-assume a similitude of the moment of choice thereby facilitating a second chance.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
The tide is in constant motion, its movement is perpetual and though it knows no reason to retreat it is often led back from a point.
As our creative energy expands and explores the shore of possibility, a single tributary can be probed and examined, and then can be withdrawn, whilst the momentum of the wave front continues its expansion.
Like the flickering, expansive glow of a candle, continual but momentarily shifting.
AFFIRMATION
If I need to let go, I can.
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Friday, 30 October 2009
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11. THE LAW OF DEFLECTIONDEFINITION
To start a revolution we have to believe. To achieve one's own aims and goals, a purity of intention, focussed and applied gentle effort and clearly defined goals are the 3 components to achievement.
What we put into our bodies, and what we put onto our bodies, and what we use around us in our homes all have an effect on our lives, health and well-being, and ultimately an effect on all those around us, and indeed the entire world.
Have you ever tried to back-track an event to its initial cause, or even tried to rewind a chain of thought? The number of contributory factors are large, perhaps even infinite, but we can often identify a single pivotal event, which in its way acted as a crossroads in our lives, precipitating an enormous change in our destiny.
We can call these events... 'Deflectors' - Events that deflect and shift the trajectory of our lives, altering the course of our progress, so that over a period of time our destination point is far removed from our original destination. A single degree of shift in direction can result in an arrival point 100's of miles distant had that degree of shift not occurred.
The secret of the 'Law of Deflection' is that we can apply our own 'deflectors' in our lives to arrange a preferable destination for ourselves.
Each tiny component can multiply, and by using understanding, insight and wisdom we can set a fresh course for ourselves, our family, our home and the entire world by adjusting our interactions within ourselves, our bodies and our homes.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
The combination and sequence of choices, the chain of events that both trail behind us and that we also create and follow into our futures.
Each choice simple or complex, small or large is a contributory aspect to our creative trajectory.
An understanding of the interlinking, progressive and cumulative reactions to our choices or actions is the necessary understanding for this component of creative movement.
An exploratory and investigative mind is engaged at this time, considering actions in order to facilitate correct choices to align with the desired outcome.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
And then to venture upon the primary creative path, to ride the release of forward movement as the attractors of the future open their arms to embrace your desire.
And you will know your destiny as your pathway, signalled by the deflectors, illuminated with wisdom and hope, that beckon you into tomorrow.
AFFIRMATION
Everything I do will contribute to my dream.
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Thursday, 29 October 2009
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10. THE ELEMENTAL RANDOMDEFINITION
Apparently from nowhere emerges an attractor with the potential to divert, guide, lead or distract.
A wisdom informed choice must be investigated at this time, determining the option of whether to explore or ignore the possibility.
The elemental random can perform the function of revealing an optimised path, and this can be considered a quantum initiated occurrence.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
During the progress of the process of each moment, options and choices appear, sometimes with apparent causality, but they can also appear seemingly from nowhere.
This random choice is the attractor that causes the initiation of the bifurcation that is the precursor to choice.
The arising or appearance of this event can be initiated on a quantum and synchronistic level by a focussed desire or powerful intention, and this effect does have a relationship based in the holographic principle - that the whole is complete within each and every part.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
As we gaze upon the dawn of events, the flowers of opportunity arise from the firmament of possibility.
Each carries a perfume of attraction offering a nectar for the bees of choice, and every moment carries such possibility.
Simply watch and enjoy the process of observation, no need to choose right now, for the visions are a joy.
AFFIRMATION
I embrace new possibilities.
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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9. ABSTRACT BIFURCATIONDEFINITION
The potential for change and developmental shift that occurs as a result of forward dynamic progression.
Momentary options exist in the flow of linear dynamics; choices exist, similar to a digital path, on or off.
These options appear simultaneously with each linear moment, across the spectrum of our experience, those to which we affect directly, and not in this case, those we affect in a quantum or synchronistic manner.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
During the passage of the creation process there is never a time when there are not options. Though these can appear to exist in an overwhelming abundance, they can always be understood in terms of a single decision, a single choice.
The sheer volume of the apparent choices that manifest in the moment is often used as an excuse for absolving responsibility, choice and empowerment, but, with a quiet, focussed and stilled mind, a single choice can be seen to exist.
This understanding facilitates an ease, a simplicity and a release from the apparent complexities of appearance.
Making one clear choice at a time is the natural process that is often obscured.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
You have complete freedom, absolute freedom to make choices, for the silent observer within your mind has sacred privacy in its capacity to explore and roam the paths of option.
Forever presenting and eternally manifesting the exquisite scrolling of options, at its most intimate and personal, is a single choice, gentle, simple, subtle and profound, just one choice.
Release from your complication, be deft and sure footed, your confidence is a strength.
AFFIRMATION
I am making the correct choice.
Monday, 26 October 2009
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8. CONTINUANCE PAST COMPLETIONDEFINITION
The understanding that no objective is ever complete, as post effects manifest continually as a result of completion.
Not the ramifications of the effect of completion, but the gradual reduction in energy input to that creational wave energy, a dissipation.
To prevent an intended termination of responsibility or liability, and to retain an awareness and openness to the as yet unknown possible effects of completion.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
When the threshold of completion is reached an imagined crossroads is passed, but this does not imply the termination of the event.
In essence, we project past our goal, past our target, in order to reach our goal.
This seemingly anachronistic approach prevents a possible reduction in energy, or a forced increase in energy when the arrival is imminent, and this practice ensures even and consistent flow throughout the process.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
There is no boundary, there is no limitation, for however far you wish to extend your creative wave, your golden and radiant vision will travel.
As the waves lap up onto shores of your creation, the subtle shift begins, and the new horizon manifests, extending further and beyond.
Hold no limit, see the unfolding and revealing of progression in all its majesty.
AFFIRMATION
I am open to a new horizon.
P.S. Please visit these 2 short home made movies, showing the visual progression of both symbols and diagrams... SYMBOLS - DIAGRAMS
Sunday, 25 October 2009
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7. ENERGETIC MAINTENANCEDEFINITION
Non-abandonment and continuation of the inspirational energy that is the link between the initial conception and the attainment of the goal.
This requires both a full acceptance and dependence upon the present, the now, but also a subtle connection to the future and past timelines.
Energy, in this case, being the congruent wave empowered and initiated as a product of the meeting of previous waves that form, by intersecting, a new directional source wave.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
The ripple or wave effect caused by the progression of energy is pulsed and radiated outwards from the source, the connection of subtle mind and conscious mind.
The continual harmonic, a resonant contentment, is an acknowledgement of the connection of the present with both the past and the future.
To attain our goal or wish, a gentle, continual and nurturing aspect must be aligned with the desires and intended outcome, to maintain nourishment and sustenance for the idea. The harmonic is maintained in a similar way that a small seedling is nourished by the suns energy waves granted in light, heat and growing energies.
Simultaneously absorbing, creating and riding the waves...
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
When something feels that good, why stop it? Simply by choosing to allow the bliss to flow to your creation, to your desire, from your mind, and granting yourself the gift of not interrupting the flow, you will be continually engaging with the creative healing process.
This bliss is to be treasured and nurtured, as the enjoyment is a subtle tool, especially when allied with love, coming wave after wave after wave...
AFFIRMATION
The harmonic resonance of my perfect wish will ripen perfectly.
P.S. Please visit these 2 short home made movies, showing the visual progression of both symbols and diagrams... SYMBOLS - DIAGRAMS
Friday, 23 October 2009
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6. IDEALISED EVENTUALITIESDEFINITION
The clearly identified goals that though seemingly highly improbable in their pure and idealised form, have the effect of forming a clear target into which one can project.
The manner of an idealised goal or eventuality is to create a clear pathway to that destination.
This clear pathway to the eventuality reduces the potential of distracting and denigrating influences.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
A bright sun on the sky is unmissable target. As unreachable as it may seem, if a path is initiated and process is followed, step by step, eventually you will reach the sun.
By following a straight line to the bright destination, arrival is inevitable.
In this way the highest of attainments can be realised, a perfect ideal is within the capabilities of any creative.
The clearer and brighter the goal, the clearer the pathway to the destination.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
The golden perfect world of your dreams, the blissful life you desire shall have no obstacle, no barrier and no hindrance.
Release your complete imaginative power, in its magnificence and glorious potency to surge upon the shores, increasing every aspect of the world that is to be.
The encircling panorama is that of a paradise, where all wishes and dreams are realised. It does exist, now, in your beautiful imagination, down to the most minute detail, just as you would wish it to be.
AFFIRMATION
My unique creative path will lead me to my goals.
P.S. Please visit these 2 short home made movies, showing the visual progression of both symbols and diagrams... SYMBOLS - DIAGRAMS
Thursday, 22 October 2009
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5. MAINTAINING INTEGRITYDEFINITION
Prevention of distraction and maintenance of focus, based upon a wisdom that precludes deviation from a selfless path.
Integrity being the alignment of a personal goal that is allied with a beneficial selfless goal.
This motivational aspect can offer the aspect of reducing and possibly eliminating the isolating potentials of self centred goals.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
The progression and movement has to remain targeted and focussed though a 'lens' that ensures the aim or goal of the creative will serve all in the greatest possible manner so that a selfish or harmful intention is not manifested within the mind.
This is initiated and targeted at the outset of the creative process, but also requires the elements of mindfulness and alertness to prevent degradation of the intention.
Just as a ship can drift off course unless the navigator remains alert, so too the creative's intention might veer off course.
The symbol of a cross is used as a target/focus for the directional flow of the process, serving to maintain a 'fixed line' to a goal at whose centre resides a positive and selfless wish.
Just as an arrow loosed will strike the centre of it's target if careful aim and preparation is activated and maintained, so too the creative will attain the desired outcome.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
The manner of increasing potency to your wish, and doubling the bliss of the experience is to add a potent droplet of love with mindful precision to the centre of your visualisation.
This beautiful love, a consideration and caring of others, is gently added, just as an alchemist working high in his citadel would precisely add to his formula, to create gold from base metal, the alchemical transformation, so too our tiniest droplet of love, but so carefully added, will create a golden radiance to our wave of creation.
AFFIRMATION
My creative intention is for the highest goal.
P.S. Please visit these 2 short home made movies, showing the visual progression of both symbols and diagrams... SYMBOLS - DIAGRAMS
Monday, 19 October 2009
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4. CREATIVE VISUALISATIONDEFINITION
The pro-active acknowledgement and identification of creative energy, aligned with an imagined desired manifestation.
A desire to manifest a thought, activated with imagination that creates a tendency to for that visualisation to occur in reality.
Connecting the desire with the goal.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
Just as an architect holds within the imagination, or mind's eye, a rough completed image of their project, so too the creative generates a desired outcome.
This is aligned with a wish, a desire to fulfil the aim, to reach the objective.
The symbolic eye is that with which we 'see' our goal, and this need not be limited by physical restraints, or dampened by pessimism, as, if it can be truly imagined, it can be realised.
This process will lead the actions of ourselves to be concurrent with our desire, and we will be able to engage upon the step by step process to fulfil our dream, understanding both the logical and magical sequences of physical creation, just as a builder will realize the sequence by which he will build, from reading the architect's drawings.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
As the wave spreads from within the well, allow the upsurge in bliss that you are experiencing to reach an imaginary shore that encircles your mind, and upon this shore exists, within our mind's eye, the world you wish to manifest.
A world of abundance, love, success, communication, healing and beauty. The actual design is up to the individual, be it primal, natural, futuristic, magical, traditional or ancient, you can create your own ideal world, just as you wish...
Know that this will now occur, it now occurs within your imagination, and it is OK to smile here...
AFFIRMATION
My mind's eye is alive with the power of creativity.
Sunday, 18 October 2009
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3. SOLIDIFYING THOUGHTDEFINITION
The process whereby the effects of mind manifest to the extent that it can be witnessed by others.
The internally manifest becomes the externally manifest.
A subtle gradual process, almost imperceptible and maybe missable momentary change.
When we react initially to a thought, the thought begins to solidify.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
The thought energy begins to radiate, carrying the potential and the capacity for initiating action.
This subtle process begins to manifest in the physicality of the body, almost as a dress rehearsal of the actual creative engagement process.
This subtle physical reaction to thought, to the creative process is the first manifestation of the non-physical into the physical.
The radiating circle of thought, visualised as particles of the manifestation process begin to link up, almost as a physical 'dot to dot', and from initiation this can arise the eventual resultant creation.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
Following the moment of connection the first ripple, the strongest wave, is ushered into existence, followed by a series of gentler, ever decreasing waves.
This first blissful wave, inspired, creative and powerful carries your dream, your wish and your desire into existence.
Allow the wave to spread throughout your body; tingling, sensual, subtle and healing.
AFFIRMATION
What I can truly imagine can happen.
Friday, 16 October 2009
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2. THE CREATIVE PROCESSDEFINITION
The process whereby the thought of creativity is recognised in its essence.
The essence of creativity is to absorb onto a desire or wish to express an inspirational energy.
Inspirational energy is an uncovering or revealing of a hitherto concealed or obscured potential.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
Following the gathering of the senses, and the focussing of the mind the purpose of the practices can commence.
Within the goal or dream that resides in the mind of the creative lies the essence, the condensation of what it is we desire, what it is we wish to achieve.
This essence can now be aligned with the central cross at the heart chakra, and allowed to radiate and glow.
This is nourished by focus, and given space and room to gently expand, giving life to the potential.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
As the stone hits the water, see the impact in slow motion, that familiar pattern of impact, and hear the satisfying sound as your inner target is reached.
This silent sound will draw your awareness inwards like a gathering implosion of energy.
AFFIRMATION
The highest power of creativity runs though me.
Thursday, 15 October 2009
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2. THE CREATIVE PROCESSDEFINITION
The process whereby the thought of creativity is recognised in its essence.
The essence of creativity is to absorb onto a desire or wish to express an inspirational energy.
Inspirational energy is an uncovering or revealing of a hitherto concealed or obscured potential.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
Following the gathering of the senses, and the focussing of the mind the purpose of the practices can commence.
Within the goal or dream that resides in the mind of the creative lies the essence, the condensation of what it is we desire, what it is we wish to achieve.
This essence can now be aligned with the central cross at the heart chakra, and allowed to radiate and glow.
This is nourished by focus, and given space and room to gently expand, giving life to the potential.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
As the stone hits the water, see the impact in slow motion, that familiar pattern of impact, and hear the satisfying sound as your inner target is reached.
This silent sound will draw your awareness inwards like a gathering implosion of energy.
AFFIRMATION
The highest power of creativity runs though me.
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1. THE MANNER OF MANIFESTATIONDEFINITION
Into physicality - Arising initially from thought - Arising from mind.
Thought, the continual functioning of mind, an energetic flow from which all reality is created.
The totality of process whereby our lives happen, the world we inhabit, live in and interact with... Interaction being the key.
VISUALISATION AND PRACTICE
The central cross acting as a focal point, a target centre from which a clarity and loci can be located, and the circle representative of the expansion process.
By drawing the awareness into a singular position, softly and gently into the heart chakra, the mind absorbs and distractions subside.
Using the visualisation as a marksman might use the cross hairs to align with the target, allow the mind to settle upon the central location.
It can help to imagine a gravity like pull from the centre of the cross that draws each of the sense awarenesses; sight, sound, taste, touch and smell, inwards.
The visualisation should be around the size of a small coin.
The first step of the creative process permits a gathering of focus and energy, a necessary pre-cursor to the journey ahead.
For without this, the mind will be distracted and the resultant distractions will draw the senses outwards, preventing the focus necessary for directed action.
The mind needs to be focussed, aware and alert in order to maintain direction and progressive flow.
THE BEAUTY OF ENGAGEMENT
Be like a child carefully dropping a stone into a well. Holding it still, above the very centre, knowing and wishing that if you are very careful it will not hit the sides but head straight for the centre of the water, so you can await and anticipate the plop....
Now, follow that pure trajectory of that stone, within your mind. Close your eyes and release the stone...
AFFIRMATION
From today, I can create my new life.
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
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THE HEALING CREATIVE 4
HOW DOES THIS BOOK WORK?Never before has such a clear and beautiful pathway of life transformation been described and explained in this manner. It is a unique combination of a simultaneous reduction of the negative, and an increase in the positive.
In one month, just 31 days, you can realise both your creative and positive potentials... It is time...
This will be achieved in a magical and profoundly powerful way, by a process of removing conditioned and habitual thought patterns, and replacing them with completely new and energising affirmational thoughts that will create the catalyst for long lasting happiness, inner peace and powerful creativity.
The process of The Healing Creative will, over the 31 days, enable an inner understanding of the mechanisms and reflexes within the mind, and how they have blocked your creative expression and desires, and optimise the re-directed flow of energy towards achieving your aims.
A focussed clarity will be uncovered, revealed beneath the turbulence of everyday thoughts and anxieties.
HOW YOU MIGHT USE THIS BOOK
Each of the 31 days is split into 4 parts; The Definition, The Visualisation & Practice, The Beauty of Engagement and The Affirmation.
The definition aims to be precise and accurate in its wording, from an analytical perspective, whilst the visualisation and practice are the method of engagement, and the beauty of engagement is, well, the fun part... And the affirmation says it all, in a nutshell...
Each of these 4 parts, is, in essence, saying the same thing, but from a different perspective, rather like surveying an object from 4 different angles.
Each aspect is intended to compliment and support the other 3 aspects, and it could be that on one occasion the visualisation and practice is the most relevant with you, and at another time it might be the affirmation.
But really, simply engage with whichever or whatever works for you, whatever flicks your switch, be it 1, 2, 3 or 4, or any combination, it is up to you.
SYMBOL ENHANCEMENT
To empower your visualisation, take the daily symbol and using a personal choice of collage, doodle, sketch, or your own chosen method of representation, create your own visual window that will develop your own intuitive understanding, into your own highly personal and synchronistic representational window into each process.
This activity will reveal the interpretation that lies within your mind, and also has a secondary function of allowing the next layer of intuitive understandings to be encountered, and this in turn facilitates a further developmental growth and understanding.
You may wish to consider this to be as in the same manner that the sun is revealed as progressive layers of clouds are dissipated.
As the symbol is progressed in your chosen manner, the appropriate materials (pen, paper, images, materials...) that are to hand will, due to their proximity, become an integral part of the format, so, using materials that are close to hand will increase your synchronistic viewing experience... by using what is there already... See it, it is around you, close at hand...
THE DAY BEFORE DAY ONE
This is the most important day of your creative re-generation, for this will hold the key to your door of transformation.
For what you shall do is unlock a door of time, establishing an appointment with your new creative self.
You will take a 15 minute doorway in the morning and a 15 minute doorway in the evening, and through each of these doors you will visit, each day, the new creative and positive self you are discovering on our healing journey.
In one month your life will be transformed and this will happen as a result of being gentle with yourself, and gifting yourself these 15 minutes of abundance.
So, for the morning, do not set your alarm 15 minutes early with a dread of missing an extra 40 winks, but set the alarm with the anticipation of a child who is going on holiday in the morning... For, this 'extra time' is to cherish yourself, nourish yourself, enjoy yourself, and create a new sense of self.
And, in the evening, it is ideal to set aside your time, as a fixed and inviolate period that no-one can interfere with, as, this is YOUR time, the time you need to identify and empower your new creative self. So, once again, do not rue the loss of 15 minutes of TV, computer or sofa time, as this evening doorway is also an opening to who you wish to become, the confident, clear and creative you.
So, you may wish to make a pact, by printing and signing the declaration to yourself, enabling the opportunity to heal your life with your creative energy.
DECLARATION
To achieve my desires, to become the person I wish to be, and to leave behind all the negative habits that have held me back from growth, all these years,
I -------,
gift to myself the keys of happiness by setting aside a morning and evening doorway, to nourish and heal my self, by granting myself a 15 minute doorway each morning, and a 15 minute doorway each evening, and also twice a week, releasing for a 30 minute meditation.
I shall also and to increase my creative potential, by carrying my daily 'creative affirmation and visualisation card',
You can print this page, complete and sign, or use these words to design your own declaration, and I would suggest you place this above your desk, or by your bedside to remind yourself of this perfect opportunity to create your new life.
Later, go to the 'Affirmations Cards' page and print these, and trim them to size. Each of these cards carries your affirmation for the day, and I'd suggest you slip each one, day by day, into your purse or wallet, close to your cards or cash - so you can be reminded frequently of your higher goal for the day, or, you may wish to keep the card on your desk at work, or close by at home.
So, the day before day one! Time to consider, plan, anticipate, and enjoy, for today is the last day of your old life...
Monday, 12 October 2009
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THE HEALING CREATIVE 3
WHAT IS A HEALED CREATIVE?Within each of us are a lifetime of traumas, large and small, ranging from childhood disappointments to family bereavements to failed relationships to financial difficulties.
Though the list may be short or long in our individual lives, our own catalogue will be carried, maybe quietly within our minds, in our conscious or sub-conscious, but will also held within our bodies as tension, blockages or perhaps illness.
As you gain an insight and understanding into the relationship of your mind to your body, as you traverse the path of The Healing Creative, you will find your body feeling more relaxed and at ease, as the traumas gradually release, and the traits and habits within your mind, such as anxiety, fear, doubt and low self esteem, will loosen and dissipate. This will occur simultaneously as you engage with your creative potential and power...
The word creative, in this context, may include a desire to be an artist, writer or musician, but it truly includes all acts of creation, including creating a better life for yourself and your family, creating a beautiful home and environment to live in, and creating a successful career for yourself.
And, by following The Healing Creative, an alchemy will occur, and you will find that many of your expressed wishes, and also many of your deeply hidden and unexpressed wishes will begin to manifest, as, The Healing Creative will dislodge habitual and un-noticed responses and traits, thereby releasing hidden and obscured potentials.
You will find yourself with a clear understanding of who you are, accepting of your situation, but also empowered to initiate changes to enable the reaching of your goals. You will also realise that you like who you are and, who you are to become.
There will be few contradictions remaining within your life, and its path and structure, as your journey will be that of one who has healed, and who has understood and reconciled their life and experiences, and is able to create an energy, a dynamic, a flow, a positive connection, to the future of your choice.
The comfort and ease you will find will free you to express and manifest that which you wish to create.
Friday, 9 October 2009
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How do you uncover your latent creative potential, and, what is its purpose and power?Within each of us resides the capacity to become who we wish to become, and to achieve what we wish to accomplish. Understanding that there is no limit to our imaginations, and by engaging in a step by step process, all our aims and goals can be accomplished.
The Healing Creative is a map, or guide,, that enables you to find out exactly where you are now, locate where it is you wish to arrive, and then create a clear route from now, to your chosen future.
Using the analogy of a map, we do need to establish exactly where we are now, and then gaining our precise bearings from our current location, to be able to know where we are upon our map.
We can then identify both start and finish points.
The process of The Healing Creative facilitates sign-posts, along your journey, that will serve to maintain your trajectory and direction, overcoming the challenges that may arise along the way.
The Healing Creative will empower and engage powerful forces that reside within your mind that encompass your wishes and desires for success, achievement, happiness, fulfilment, inner peace and healing. And, built into the process are the 'side effects' that will simultaneously develop a more considerate, loving, compassionate, patient and understanding you. You will discover that your wishes, dreams and desires will be compatible with those around you, your family, friends, workmates, and those you encounter along your journey.
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
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THE HEALING CREATIVE 1
I have spent the past couple of months writing a book. The book is called 'The Healing Creative' and is sub-titled, '31 mind exercises to increase creative awareness'.To me, the freeing of creative expression is very closely aligned with self-healing, and by engaging in both processes myself, (both self-healing and creativity), I could see that the correlation could be identified as a series of steps, and each one of the steps, in turn understood with clarity.
You see, the traumas of life, time and existence, that gather around us, and penetrate us, can serve to limit our expressions - physical, spiritual, emotional and creative, leaving us bewildered, disempowered and frightened, and this can serve to send our lives into reverse, and as we regress inwards, we further create an imprisoning structure around us.
And, though there are many methods and techniques to dislodge our stasis, or loosen the bars of our prison, creativity is a very powerful method, as it is, in part, the activation of our power of manifestation... Yes, your power of manifestation. As, by creating something, we are actually making it appear or happen, where previously something did not appear or did not happen.
By creating something, a work of art, a garden, a poem, a song or whatever you chose, you will be engaging in a path of self-understanding and healing, freeing your expression, and this in turn will faciliate the erosion of self-doubt, spiritual inhibition and emotional traumas...
Think of what you might wish to create... xxx
Thursday, 1 October 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 22
What is another benefit of meditation, besides inner peace and contentment.... If we need another... Only joking...Healing - That word that conjures up ambivalence and doubt, for what is healing? Is it curing? Or what?
Immediately after a meditation, my mind is fully engaged within my body, as I have turned my awareness inwards, and instead of looking outwards I am looking inwards, and maintaining a reversal of the usual flow of energy... What I mean by that is this...
Most of us spend the vast majority of our time seeking things that we perceive to exist outside the body, and as a result of this our energetic flow strains to be outside of our physicality as we attempt to maintain a comfortable zone or area around ourselves.
Though this serves some purpose, if it becomes to habitual we can forget that the closest thin to us, in this life is... our body. It is the immediate environment we inhabit, but how familiar are we with this room, this house we call our body?
Can we see or sense if something is amiss or awry, and should we notice something can we be precise and accurate in our understanding and interpretation? For this is the first element of healing, to be able to understand our own bodies, through introspection and observation.
To not know the 'official' names of diagnostics is not necessary at first, as whatever we are experiencing needs to be felt and sensed first, and identified later, and the former will lead to the latter, naturally, as we will understand the nature of our physicality...
And this understanding is the commencement of healing, of healing our self... So, after the meditation below, pause and consider your body, and it's condition...
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Thursday, 6 August 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 21
Taking it all inwards, all of existence, by withdrawing the mind... This is an aspect of meditation practice.This is very similar as to what happens when we go to sleep. The mind gathers inwards, and at this time, when asleep, the waking world ceases to exist for the sleeper, and upon awakening the imagery and appearance of the world re-appear.
When we wish to go to sleep we cease to reach outwards with our thoughts, and forget the world, our location, our room, our bed and... our body. And this is exactly what we are doing when we engage in meditation... Drawing our awareness inwards.
And, when we practice sense and awareness withdrawal, through meditation, we have an additional option whereby we can return to our world with a changed view, a peaceful and settled view of the world, so in effect we change the world we live in.
Or is just in effect? Do we actually change the world we live in at that point?
I believe we do change our world, simply by changing our mind, by shifting the manner in which we view and engage with our world, we have the power to change it... And with that power lies a responsibility, and should this engagement be fuelled by love, the power will increase, and the responsibility will be aligned with a greater good.
Change the world? Change your mind - It is the perfect starting point... So get into that mind, clear the clutter and debris, find the peaceful stillpoint that dwells within, and then re-enter the world, re-project the world, re-start the world, from love!
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Tuesday, 4 August 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 20
I wish to encourage you, that you may engage with your wishes, your dreams and your desires, for to allow them to lie fallow develops the tendency and habit to let them drift away, probably forever.
I am guessing you have aspirations for the spiritual, physical, creative and financial aspects of your life, and it could well be that these have been sitting in your life's 'To Do' inbox for several months, or several years or even decades.
I am going to suggest that you consider each of these 4 aspects and list them, each on a separate piece of paper... And then below each heading collate 3 ideas pertaining to each aspect, and then prioritise them, as most important, secondary and least important.
Go get those pieces of paper now, and create the 4 headings, and start.... Before you finish this page... Go on... Now.
Now when you have written on the 4 pieces of paper, turn them upside down so that you cannot see (or tell - no cheating) which is which, and then, select one and turn it over.
Whatever you have chosen, you must start to engage with the priority aspect... Yes, you must. And I would suggest that do commence engagement, you isolate the chosen objective and define with with 3 categories...
1. Your desire in relation to that goal, and be as precise as you can by identifying what it is you want, exactly, from the attainment of that goal.
2. The direction in which your life will have to focus to attain your goal.
3. A risk you shall have to take in order to realise your desire... No need for foolhardiness, unless you feel this would help you....
And then to develop a strengthening of your understanding of the meaning of your desire ask yourself this question with regard to your desire - What would attaining my desire give me that I would not otherwise have? And, then repeat this question to the answer you have given... and once again...
Now, you will have an understanding of what it is you really want, and this clarity of understanding will help you direct your intention to the attainment of your goal.
Do not be afraid of the risk you will have to take, as without taking the risk it is almost certain you will not reach your destination, and you know this, as it will make you feel uneasy, and it may feel a little uncomfortable.
So, you now have a project... One to realise a long held dream... What are you going to do now, put it away for another few years, or shall you realise it, manifest it... do it?
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Monday, 3 August 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 19
What do we know of tomorrow and what do we know of today?Ahead of this moment lie countless moments, countless events and countless opportunities, each beckoning... Winking at us, teasing and tempting us, but dare we follow?
Is it better to look the other way, backwards, to keep safe and cozy, or walk straight ahead, with faith... Faith that we will not fall into a hole in the universe, to be lost and never found again.
For ahead is the challenge, the challenge to our sense of insularity, our cotton wool life that protects us from bumps, dents and knocks, just like the packaging our new electrical goods arrive in... Keep them in the box and they will not get damaged... and they will retain their factory gleam, but then we will never enjoy them, will we?
I would encourage anyone else to unpack their goods, but for me it is not so easy, and I guess I'm speaking for both you and I here... You take the risk whilst I watch, and if it works for you then I may follow.
But, then again, that is your risk and not mine... My opportunity appears for me, and not for you, and I have to be prepared to take that step outside my padded self (cell?).
For beyond the normal of each day, is the extraordinary, the amazing and the truly powerful, that which both you and I dream of... That which we desire... Yes, desire!
That loaded word, desire, that initiates countless inner reactions, due to the association of guilt with desire... Maybe? Could be? Hmmmm...
Taking a step back from desire, maybe we have desires that are other than carnal? But for me, desire is a word with a loaded connotation associated with the 's' word... But I desire so many things, and being able to access my thoughts, in terms of desire is not, and should not be a guilty experience... So, I ask you, what do you desire? List them, think about the fears associated with each, and then imagine the risk you may take to reach your desire...
This will be better with a focussed mind, so take time, clear your mind, find your stillpoint and travel to your dreams.
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Friday, 31 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 18
I will step out of my comfort zone, and enter a new space, unfamiliar and maybe even scary... For, if I do not, my life will gradually implode around me, and the chances that present themselves to me will very soon cease to tempt, let alone move me into action.
Do you know this situation, where life is somewhat tedious, but taking action involves an effort that appears to be a giant leap, but in reality is only a single thought - Yes I will.
My daughter Coral was talking to me a while back, and she asked me how often in my conversations I used the phrase 'Yeah, but' or 'Yes, but' and suggested I learn to replace that phrase with 'Yeah, and'...
And after a minute or two I understood what she was teaching me... That by saying 'yes, but' I had opened up a door within my mind, and then immediately closed it... Test this yourself...
And when I substituted 'yes, but' for 'yes, and' the door of opportunity remained open, and each time I said it I could sense the door widening... Test this yourself...
So when an opportunity comes your way, say 'yes, and'...
Do you want to find inner peace?
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Monday, 27 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 17
Sitting on the edge of eternity, with my feet dangling over the side, I'm looking out, looking up, and looking down...And this is not any different from any other moment in my life, but I have just chosen to look at life this way right now... There is choice, right now, as the future is not written, and so I can direct my life in whichever direction I choose... Up, down, forwards or sideways... It is my choice, it is your choice.
Where do I want to go, where am I headed, and what do I do to get there? Questions for me, and questions for you too.. I've stripped my life to it's component parts, work, health, money, family, relationships, spirituality and looked at the aspirations I have with regard to each component, and also the steps I have to take to reach those goals. Scary and intimidating, but when deconstructed, it all feels realisable and achievable.
This does require an intimate and blunt honesty with myself to actually write my innermost thoughts down, even if only for my own reading, for, as when considering my desires, even the word 'desire' activated a guilt trip within me.. I guess there is some deep seated inhibition or programming that wishes to not acknowledge desire... Oooh.
But, actually, my desires are good, not avaricious, selfish, cruel or even carnal, so I'm happy to consider desire, and to align it with fear, and use risk as the bridge to reach my desires, creating a map for my eternal future, with my feet dangling over the edge... Looking to the stars!
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Friday, 24 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 16
And this boy who watched a man walk upon the moon, 40 years ago, has traversed paths and journeys never expected and beyond anticipation... For the doors that present themselves as opportunities cannot be predicted.
As I saw one small step, the distance became small, and I saw that I could accomplish my goals, as a step, a manageable step, each forming part of a long developmental process, and I chose to reach the moon, and beyond.
Through the winding and interlooping pathways of my life I have seen in the distance, the greatest of goals, the most perfect of achievements, and never doubted the ability that I have to realise my dreams.
Many false starts, and many mistakes, have added to my experience, each serving in a cumulative way to aid my wisdom. I have met great teachers and guides who have shone light upon the true paths of love and compassion, and through their wisdom and illumination I have been able to follow and be guided.
For I am a student of life, with a desire to develop and grow, in all my capacities, wishing to enable others through my oblique approach, to advance and grow, in the paths of inner peace, and the manifestation of love.
Clumsy at times, and radical on occasion, I learn as I share... For I am your student, knowing that the reflection of life I see around me is that of my own making, and those with whom I connect and communicate are me.
So, as I enter the next year of my life I can see that my beautiful, powerful and perfect friends are my guides, my navigators, my angels and my wise sisters and brothers. For you have become my life, my healing, my nourishment, my encouragement, and my mentors, and it is you who allow me to cry with joy, to release my pain, my trauma, with your divine permission to share with you.
And that most perfect of goals? It is your dream, your ideal of perfection, based in love, compassion and wisdom, the goal we all share... Interpretation my vary, as does language and culture, but that inner perfection, aligned with a peaceful, sharing world is that of all mankind... And I can, you can, we can, take one small step, now, today, and soon, so soon, we shall witness one giant leap for mankind.
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Over the weekend I had a thought, 'Am I the key holder to my own prison?'It occurred to me that during the course of my life I had turned much of my energy inwards, through fear of expressing myself, proceeding through life with an over caution, that seemed pretty close to paranoia.... Inasmuch as many of my fears were based upon the thought 'what might others think of me', and this fear stifled me, slowly increasing over years and decades into a inner exile, barely leaving me able to make bold decisions, take risks or even think clearly.
So, I understood that so many of my actions were based upon a conventional idea of what others might think, when, by placating and acting in a timid manner I was actually contributing to mass self-hypnosis of fear self expression.
This has prevented me from taking risks and seeking opportunities by the fear of failure, not to myself, but from other's perspective, compressing my energy into non-action.
So, it reads like this... 'I will not try, as if I fail others will mock me, pity me or ridicule me'... Why should this harm me or frighten me? It really is so foolish!
And it occurred to me that the opposite of fear is risk, in effect reversing the polarity of energy, from a paranoid inward flow to a risk taking expression.. For what will it matter if I fail in the eyes of others, as the expression of my ideas actually empowers them, giving them life! And a proportion will succeed and some will fail, but I shall succeed every time, through the expression of my wishes.
The judgement of success and failure is not empirical, there are no rules, and if by making my decision to act I engage upon the action of my choice I will have succeeded... Just by trying I will overcome my fear, and the tendency to conform to an imaginary status quo, of my own making...
And then it is time to consider, to think and to plan... And allow the creative expression to arise from beneath the clutter, beneath the chatter and noise, take a break, and meditate for 20 minutes...
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Monday, 20 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 15
When it is time, it happens... Just as seed will grow when it is ready, so events will arise in our lives, when it is time...So, you know how it might be... Close your eyes whilst it is not there, and then open your eyes and there it is! For the most astonishing things do happen whilst we are not looking, as, we live in world of constant change, we are living in a dance of constant motion.
The perfect dance of constant motion, forever radiating and resonating, witnessing the momentary change of impermanence, that contains the seeds of liberation and the fruits of happiness, this within an understanding, a realisation.
And too, the eternal now... The dance of constant motion that contains the eternal now as its essence, as an integral of its manifestation, no thing being still, but beauty awaits to arise both before our eyes and within our minds, revealing the truth of stillness.
For, no contradiction here, as within the dance exists the perfection of truth, an eternal peace, within the mind, within your mind, that perfect peace of a moment, an eternal moment.
The mind that stills to witness the dance, is a mind of release, a mind of joyous observation and absorption, and the journey to that inner peace is that of gentle inward journeying, through absorbing the mind upon the breath, a soft peaceful meditation upon the breath....
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Saturday, 18 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 14
And to open up, to open our hearts and minds... Such bliss and freedom awaits, the release from turmoil, anxiety and fear...But I am afraid, afraid in case someones sees me vulnerable, exposed and small... Tell me, do you sense this within yourself as well? The fear of being exposed as loving, caring , compassionate and gentle?
For surely, if I am exposed and open someone will take advantage of me, manipulate me and harm me, or will my open loving heart protect me?
An you sense that a free mind has the capacity to see further than an imprisoned mind, for its horizons are extended and thereby capabilities increase.
So, by opening my heart, and manifesting my care, and my love, I will be safe, and this understanding creates the potential to explore the possibility within my imagination... I can imagine what it would be like to open my heart and mind, and see if the potential exists for my love to protect me...
Yes, I can imagine that, and yes, it does work. Maybe you could try it too, just imagine...
And as the fear recedes, and the turmoil settles, anxiety will lessen, and lessen... Just imagine the sense of peace that would arise in that safe space within the mind, so beautiful, so powerful and with a grace and elegance that naturally accompanies the opening of your mind...
And to replace our usual everyday defensive barriers with a powerful light that arise from within you, transforming your mind, your world and your life. I wish to imagine this, and now I am imagining this...
And to forever place this ideal within my mind, to feel the ease, and the eternal peace of blissful love...
I wish for your happiness to embrace your inner love, to radiate and glow to suffuse this world... Thank you...
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Thursday, 16 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 13
Within me, and within you resides a seed, and this seed is the potential for your perfected growth, your expansion and your development... Your potential for creating the world within, that world you wish to carry within your heart, and also the potential for expanding this inner world into the world you inhabit.
For, a beautiful inner world reaches into our our space, into the garden of life we experience... For, as we develop our own potential we begin to see the world around us, and create a more beautiful space to inhabit, by planting seeds in our own garden, and by beautifying our environment.
Within you, and within me, lies the capacity to create a beautiful environment, starting with the space closest to us... My area of the planet I inhabit is my responsibility, not anyone else's, it is for me to clean the space around me...
To experience beauty, we first experience beauty within, and this resonance and harmonic is a reflection of your inner world, for if I feel a sense of beauty, I experience a sense of beauty, and then my surroundings begin to change... I may have to do a little work, but for me, I am happy to take care of the space I live in, both internal and external.
We can start with our external world, beautifying and clearing, or start on our internal world, or maybe even work on both simultaneously.
But, one step at a time, and should you wish to start with your inner seed of perfection, I might suggest a short breathing meditation to clear and settle your mind, to reveal the potential within.
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 12
I have to admit my errors, my mistakes, my weaknesses and my failings, for if I deny these, I simply create barriers to my understanding, my self-healing, and my pride in my capacity to understand others will increase.
For whilst we are all different, I believe we share a common set of barriers to growth, healing and understanding, so, whilst my set of challenges are for me alone, in their combination and intensity, so we each have a shared path from inadequacy and denial, a path that does lead to inner peace and happiness, and this, manifested and mixed with love, has the power to take us to our destination.
So, I try to see my errors, misunderstandings and weak empathatic communication, and witness them, from a perspective of other, to facilitate the changes I need to make in order to increase my better qualities.
I need to listen to you, be happy to be accused, and refuse the sense of victimisation and insecurity that arises when I am criticised. To take on board the generosity that actually exists within criticism and observation.
And listen, not to react and fight back with a clever, intellectual or witty defence that I use to divert the potential for change that lies within other's observations.
To grow I need nourishment, I need humility and I need to learn that if I create suffering, ill-ease or discontent within others, I am not performing to my best. The healing words of love, compassion and understanding are so beautiful, so fulfilling, but the alternatives of accusation and disagreement are beautiful too... They create new opportunities for my understanding, my empathy and my growth.
I can also self-witness and analyse, with a cool look at my life's patterns and thought processes, by clearing my mind of the usual clutter and activity of trivialities and gain insight into what I know to be true within my own life... I need to silence my mind, and see what lies beneath the clouds, deep within the mind, allowing the distractions to settle... Just as when the waters still, the turbulence ceases, and clarity is found within the soul... This is one of the essential practices of meditation...
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Monday, 13 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 11
And just now and then it happens... The doorway to the experience you desire occurs and the struggle ceases, and the harmony and balance that we crave manifests.That exquisite sense of joyous release, of emotional freedom and physical easing, that brings tears of expression to be freed, and the battle is over. That moment of safety, protection and freedom that we grant ourselves, when we gain experience to forgive our pasts, and then simply embrace our destiny of our momentary existence.
For, to bathe, to dwell, and to reside in the present moment is freedom, and is peace. There is complete safety and protection within this moment, and for me, I am helped knowing that all my beautiful friends share this moment, and serve to protect me with their love.
And that is you.
For everyone here who I know, and for all those I do not know, your contribution to my healing and happiness is immeasurable, as I picture your love supporting me, forgiving me and understanding me.
As, we can witness one another's precious moments of release, and know that we each depend on one another, within the privacy and safety of our own experience... In this way we cannot come to harm, and we cannot harm one another, as we seek and share a individual vision of the outpouring of creative light, healing and energy that rises from our inner source, and radiates throughout our every sense, transforming our experience to that of a unique and special bliss...
Oh, that bliss which pervades and permeates, that rises and flows, within us, and extends to the space around us.. The bliss of freedom, and of safety, and of protection.
Thank you for helping me to find what I seek.
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Friday, 10 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 10
I am wondering where the line of responsibility is drawn, or rather... Can I blame anyone for anything?Starting with a simple premise - If I am angry, resentful or irritated, from where does that anger arise? Is the fault (or does blame) lie with someone else? Or do we both share a combined responsibility?
Well, I am going to go 100% on this one... It is my responsibility alone. If I am angry it is completely my responsibility. For, anger exists within my mind and not externally, for, if I am not angry, there is no anger in my mind... I think this is perfect logic.
Imagine this. You are asleep, in bed, and within your room, or house, and another person does something, that if you had seen or been aware of it, would have 'made' you angry, but, as you did not witness it, no anger arose in your mind.
The connection within your mind to the habit if anger was not activated, so no anger arose.
And anger is a habit, a terrible, destructive habit that destroys our peace of mind, and damages relationships with those around you. It can be our worst enemy, the enemy that exists within our mind, and one that we cultivate as we can consider it as a defence mechanism that protects us... Ouch, that is wrong.
Try and learn to see anger as an enemy in itself, one that colours or decisions our actions... It can be good to become aware of anger and how it arises, so, try this... Think of something that really angers you... And them let it go... And then repeat this, 4 or 5 times... That, colouring or flaming within the mind is anger, just that, and should be able to grow aware of anger as it happens, an opportunity arises to nip it in the bud, and be able to remain calm, peaceful, and even happy... Even when your 'enemy' is right in front of you...
A good time to practice this is after a meditation, when the mind is still and calm, so you will really, and I mean really, notice anger arising, like a whirlwind within your mind.. Watch and see...
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Thursday, 9 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 9
Realising the nature of your own mind precipitates the most profound of understanding and realisations, that, everything depends upon the mind.It may seem like a simple and obvious statement, 'Everything Depends upon the Mind', but the ramifications of this have the most profound effects upon our lives, our world and our universe...
For, it may seem quite obvious that our lives relate directly to our minds, inasmuch as if we have a gloomy outlook on a specific day our lives will seem less bright, but to take it a stage further, if we have a gloomy outlook for one day our world will also seem less bright... It does.
And therein lies the potential for exploration of the dynamic relationship between our minds and everything that exists, everything... For no object can exist without a mind contributing to its existence.
If you feel this is not the case please email and we can debate and discuss this, I am very happy to clear up any doubts you might have to this statement...
But, in the meantime, turning this thought over in your mind will enable a clearer understanding, and deeper intuitive relationship with this idea. And should you be able to penetrate the deeper meaning contained within, the capacity to change and heal your life, and develop meaningful relationships with all you meet and see... It will change your life, forever.
One way of making this change is to become integrated on a deeper and more subtle aspect of your mind, and to meditate upon this thought, by clearing the mind of other thoughts and gaining familiarity with a single idea... Meditation is quite simple...
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Monday, 6 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 8
And maybe your mind has gathered somewhat, and your awareness has drawn inwards, journeying towards the inner stillness that dwells within...
That oasis that lies within the mind, beneath the turbulence, aligned with the inner light that always exists behind the clouds... It is always there... Always. A joyful experience of momentary peace that can be extended, moment by moment, into a beautiful inner vacation for minutes... or more... Why let go? Is there something better outside of your mind?
And when the mind has gathered, inwards and inwards, it becomes possible to 'see' thoughts arising through the mind, just like bubbles arising through a glass of fizzy water, and all we have to do, is allow them to pass, without labelling them, identifying them, or following them, and to do this, we focus on the clarity between the thoughts, or the water between the bubbles, just allowing the bubbles to drift by, and drift by...
For, when the bubbles reach the surface of the water, they will dissolve back into the water itself, and so too, the thoughts will dissolve back into the mind, as they are of the same nature as mind... Thoughts are the same nature as mind... They are clarity...
This meditation is called 'the nature of the mind meditation', and you can try it after the breathing meditation below... Allow the thoughts to pass by, and then dissolve back into the nature of mind itself...
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Friday, 3 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 7
What is meditation? It is looking into the inner world... Closing your eyes and using a sense of inner vision to gain an insight into what is happening in your mind.I always start by finding a place of stillness, a place to focus, and I have found the most powerful position to locate the focus is the heart chakra, or the heart centre. This is located at the base of the sternum, and situated within the body, slightly closer to the back of the body than the front.
It is taught in some spiritual traditions that this is the seat or home of the 'root mind', the place where consciousness resides.
When I started my meditation practice I found it difficult to locate and hold my awareness in this position until I realised a small method, a trick really, to be able to focus within the body... What I do is to imagine that a tiny pure gem of clear light has been implanted within my body, at the heart centre, imagining that I can 'feel' this physically within me.
With your eyes closed try this, 'see' and 'feel' what this would feel like, and when you have gained a sense of this, then consider this to be the basis of all experience, all consciousness, and the gathering place of all sense awarenesses... This is where it all meets... And where it all emerges.
And here, at this beautiful location, during meditation, all thoughts gather, and as the senses draw inwards, peace, tranquility and stillness are to be found.
And, this has had a very profound benefit on my life, for so often, as I find myself in a position where I might be close to becoming angry or irritated, or perhaps jealous or impatient, I draw my awareness into my heart chakra and find a place of focus and clarity, which can prevent my mind loosing it's cool... I would far rather stay happy and peaceful... Oh, just a word here, I do have fun and enjoy my life, it's not all serious, but from an inner point of happiness the world becomes a slightly better place, and I am able to add a positive contribution.
As a nun friend said to me once 'be part of the solution, not part of the problem'.
Gain an insight into your mind, take some time to learn what is happening within your mind... Your mind...
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Thursday, 2 July 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 6
By taking aim for the heart centre, it is possible, by closing your eyes and following the inner trajectory to reach a silent and beautiful garden that lies within.A blissful paradise of your own creation, that will fulfil your wish for stillness and peace, and also permit a manifestation of your desires for creativity and love.
Feel no contradiction, for there is only harmony in this experience, the experience of alignment of desire with the bliss of stillness.
This is a method to awaken the creative healer that resides within you, the natural healing energy that has the power to both heal yourself, and to heal others with your understanding and love.
For your wishes and imagination can combine in a resonance that enable your life to become of your choice, as, you are the creator of your experience. You, your mind, your imagination and your bliss...
At the very centre of your perfect inner glade of beauty flourishes the glorious energy of your creative source, that which brings your thoughts into the world.
For this practice will enable you, as a healed creative, to create an inner environment of focus and direction, leading to the destination of your choice...
One step at a time... Gently...
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Tuesday, 30 June 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 5
What is your reaction to the word 'Abundance'?I'll tell you my initial reaction - guilt and fear! Yes, there is an aspect of me that feels guilty at even the thought of abundance, it chimes with the thoughts - 'What will I feel if abundance runs out', and 'What if someone sees me enjoying abundance?'...
From your point of view I going to guess that this sounds pretty dumb, and now I write it down myself it seems very dumb to me.
For when I look at what I do have, and what is around me, there is far more that I do have, than what I lack, as, my life is full of abundance. And I feel my life is not so different from yours in this respect.
A physical anxiety based upon the worries of what I do not have may be considered the opposite attitude to that of abundance, so if I can shift my thoughts from what I lack to what I have, I shall reverse that energetic tension, and be able to relax and enjoy what I have, right here, right now.
With my eyes I can see colours, shapes, light, beauty and some mystery... I can hear harmonic and quiet sounds, and passing transient sounds.... I can smell coffee and bread, and I have the taste of demarara sugar and coffee... I am warm, dry and reasonably comfortable... Now then, might I consider that to be a state of abundance?
Hmm, yes, it does seem that way to me... Now, maybe you might ask yourself the same questions of your senses, what do you have, right now, rather than what do you lack right now... And try to sense, try to feel that energetic reversal, a state of accepting the abundance that exists within your life, right now...
And what is more, you can add to that dynamic, that energy flow, by engaging with your mind, and increasing that sense of well-being, by focusing on love... the love you have your family and friends, and those who you care for, this will add to your abundance...
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
For further daily meditations, click this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/spiritualorganic.php ...
Monday, 29 June 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 4
Living awake is living with awareness, with all senses alive and vibrant, and the mind alert and aware...Stop for a minute and check each sense in turn, starting with your sense of touch... Check your feet, your legs, your torso, arm, hands, face and head, and then once each of these is visited, sense your skin all over your body, that which physically connects with the world. There is a lot going on, right now...
Then take the sense of hearing, what can you hear, both quiet and loud, can you identify each sound?
What taste do you have in your mouth, what can you smell, and what can you see... What shapes, which colours, what movement, also light and shade?
Can you do this with each sense simultaneously? Can you still the mind to be aware of the multitude of stimuli and events as each occurs? There is a lot to do.
And then inwards, what are you thinking, with regard to what or whom, and what is the process of thought that is manifesting? This is the most important of these exercises, to try and be aware of what we are thinking as it happens, and this is called watching the mind.
For if we are awake surely we should be able to clearly identify our thoughts, we have grown up with them, but do we know each thought as it arises... For instance are you able to identify when your mind is wandering from one thought to another? Do you notice what is actually going on within the mind or does it appear to be an impossible task... It probably does unless you have tried to notice, or you have 'watched' your mind.
And if you can notice, you may see some habits that infuriate and frustrate you arising, maybe a tendency for impatience, irritation or anxiety, and each of these examples are thoughts that bring discomfort with them, so, it would be sooo nice if they could be avoided, or at the very least reduced, and this can be done, easy peasy...
Sit still for 5 seconds, and then think of a person or situation you really do not like, and sense the change within your mind, and then do it again. This is the mind of anger manifesting, and once noticed awareness of when it arises spontaneously becomes a little easier... Each time, until over time, it seems so loud, the discomfort of anger, that you can choose not to allow to to grow.
Maybe try this after a little meditation, so the mind is still and calm, and the change will be more noticeable... Fancy trying?
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Wednesday, 24 June 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 3
And then... Things have changed... How? Why? It all seems so different today.It could have been that instead of feeling disenfranchised and disempowered by circumstances, I was able to gain a little objective insight into my situation... And, how did that happen? How could I separate myself sufficiently to do that?
So many questions... One simple answer...
I looked the other way. Instead of looking outwards for solutions to my problems, trying to juggle and manipulate the world to suit me and what I wanted, I turned my focus inwards... And then... The problems became smaller and smaller as I could see that the real issues, the real difficulties, lay within me, not in the world around me.
And the closer I looked, the more subtle and slippery they became, trying to wriggle out of my view... They screamed 'It's not you Mark, it's the rest of the world'... 'Its everyone else's fault that you are not feeling great, and nothing to do with you'. But as my inner focus continued the resistance began to fade, and the realisation revealed a frightened and vulnerable Mark that chose not to see the responsibility was mine, and mine alone..
I guess this might sound a bit of a painful process, and it is, but for me it is a necessary process, to keep re-visiting the root of all my issues, the root of all my problems and mental unease, the aspect of my own mind that tries to deflect the cause my issues onto others.
But like diving into a turbulent sea, as one dives deeper and deeper, the water grows still and calm, and a peace and tranquility is found, and from the new position, below the choppy and disturbed surface, a perspective is gained, from a still and silent aspect, with a clarity born from the separation from surface disturbance, and here, from this point, I am free from those aspects of my mind that trouble and torment me... Well, sometimes, it ain't always that bad...
So, an inner journey, to a point of peace... Looking inwards... Have a dive, deep into the mind by practicing meditation.
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Monday, 22 June 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 2
I wonder how long I have been asleep this time? Lethargy and inertia can creep up, in fact that is the nature of their approach... They do creep up.Like a drowsy head on a pillow, the light begins to fade, the senses gather inwards and as we fall asleep our waking world ceases for us.
But, this can happen in our everyday waking life too, as circumstances shift around us, and all appears to be slipping from our grasp and control, it can so easily happen that our sense of direction, focus and, dare I say it, control begins to slip.
The goals, wishes and dreams we held begin to lose their magic and possibility, and as the light of hope begins to fade, we contribute to this process by sinking towards lethargy.... Do you know this?
A gathering inwards, a cyclic implosion of energy and desire, slowly reducing vision, hope and energy... Do you know this?
So, for me, what was the key, what was the step that that both served to wake me up and re-ignite my spark? It was a reversal of my polarity, yes, a reversal of polarity, and a reversal of my dynamic energy flow.
This may seem like an abstract and difficult proposition to undertake, but there is a very simple method to shift the directional flow of life, and the basic tool is the breath, the breath with which we are both completely familiar with but also virtually unaware of...
The breath has unique qualities and relationships with the mind, with our health and our sense of happiness and with our well-being. The three components of the breath comprise inhalation, retention and exhalation, and for each of these components, when smoothly and harmoniously synchronised, attributes can be considered and utilised to transform the breathing process into a powerful and transformative healing process.
One method of using the breath to transform our state of mind is here, below within the meditation...
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
For further daily meditations, click this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/spiritualorganic.php ...
Friday, 19 June 2009
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LIVING AWAKE 1
I have been pondering... How do things happen? And what influence can we have on our life, our experience and our future?There are, I think, a combination of elements that comprise our experience, that can be examined individually, and through close examination it may be possible to create positive outcomes to our intentions... This I feel, must be understood as being part of an ongoing sequence or pattern of events, that generally occur unnoticed in the melee of life.
To be able to focus on the componentry of experience, I find it necessary to still my mind and gain focus from an inner still point, and this I do by practicing a simple meditation.
You may wish to try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
I am particularly interested in the creative process... How inspiration arises and its source, and then the process by which what is internally manifest within the mind translates into the externally manifest... When our thoughts can be seen by others.
This process does occur all the time, but it does tend to pass unnoticed, and is often overlooked as the product of some external force.... 'It just happened'... But this is not the case. We play a pivotal role in what occurs in our life.
It is an aspect of living awake, or conscious living, realising that we inhabit the driving seat of our life and have the capacity and ability to alter our experience of life.
I have developed a series of 31 progressive steps in this process which I will publish over the next couple of months... A pathway to creative expression and understanding
For further daily meditations, click this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/spiritualorganic.php ...
Thursday, 18 June 2009
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LETTER FROM ASCRIBE 72
After the storm, all appears peaceful...When turbulence hits, orientation and centering become difficult, and perhaps impossible. It is so confusing to lose the familiar placing of our lives, where we have familiarity and a perspective upon our vista.
When the turbulence arrives it can begin to rock the world, shifting our regular view of the world, and creating fear, unfamiliarity and a lack of perspective... But this can have a value, as it does offer the opportunity to gain insights into the broader aspect of our lives that may have hitherto remained obscurred.
The process can be exhausting and fearful, as the expectations of the past are shifted and changed, forcefully, into new expectations and realisations... And it is the new realisations that are the most potent and creative aspects of growth.
So, it can be good to refind a new centre after this experience, to gravitate once again. The inner destination is the same, but the pathway to locate it is altered somewhat, but all paths, meditation paths, lead to the same inner peace... It is there, in the same place but the route to locate the peace has altered somewhat.
Time to look inwards for peace and contentment, a 20 minute journey, leaving the storm behind, a memory, but a chance to learn... Inner peace, lies within...
Try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Monday, 15 June 2009
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LETTER FROM ASCRIBE 71
I hit a low this morning, and cried like I have not cried in years... I wanted to run away, hide and escape from the world... It had all gotten too much for me.
It felt like failure, and I felt humiliated, crushed by the burden of my own expectations of myself... This was exacerbated by the sense of withering pressure as a result of my failing to heed my own advice... I mean, I knew what to do, had all the methods available, and systems ready, but they were, at that time, of no use, and I can say that knowing that I could, and should find my way out of my situation actually made the situation feel more acute and desperate.
Like a double failure. Ouch. Ouch... And hours later I feel exhausted and weary, as if I have had a major battle... And no wonder, for I have - have had a major battle with my pride.
Boy, because now, as time has passed, I can see that pride was the element of mind that was being exposed, poked, tormented and niggled. Such a subtle aspect, pride.. that which falsely imagines an elevated sense of self-importance, and that which over time works in its quiet and unobtrusive manner to isolate the sense of connectivity and empathy that others have for me, in the foolish misunderstanding that it is all one way traffic, and no-one cares for me, and that all the caring and responsibility lies with me.
And this is pride, a rather mutated aspect of pride, thinking that I alone represent the loving and caring of this world... It has been a tough and bitter pill to swallow, but it is a release now, a freedom from the prison of pride...
And I'll tell you, this was not easy to write... But, I'm smiling now I have.
Friday, 12 June 2009
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LETTER FROM ASCRIBE 70
Where do you feel safe? Is it at home, is it when you are with others, when you are alone or when you are in bed? And what is the feeling of safety?Safety is when I perceive no threat, when my imagined or actual security are not threatened... It is quite easy to recognise when my actual safety is threatened, by hostility or pressure, but the internal sense of safety is far more subtle and possible more elusive.
As, an inner sense of safety depends upon an imagination that perceives no threat, and a lack of inner safety is that which is reliant upon a (very often) non-existent threat.
We call these inner fears anxiety or worry and these are potentially the most damaging experiences we can have. The mechanics of anxiety are when the mind isolates and magnifies an event that has not yet occurred, and this distortion tends to create an inner feedback loop that it is often impossible to break.
As the mind spirals inwards, the physical functions of the body also have a tendency to reverse in flow, so our internal systems of digestion and breathing will distort, and the muscles will tense and slowly lock....
Safety lies beneath the physical, and dwells within the mind, closely allied to inner peace, and this can be manifest, at any time by taking action... By changing the way we are thinking... A matter of abandoning the present thought pattern and shifting to a calming thought process... This can take 15 or 20 minutes, to reverse the direction and flow, rather like turning round a large ship that has a momentum to be slowed down to be turned.
But, it is merely a process, and a process that does work. Anxiety, worry and fear can cease within 20 minutes, and safety and peace will be found.
I can guarantee this will work, and you will have found peace, a sense of safety and a respite from fear.
Try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Tuesday, 9 June 2009
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LETTER FROM ASCRIBE 69
There does come a time when we want to be heard... We need to be listened to, to get our point across, and it is frustrating when we are not listened to...Why don't you listen to me?
You are not paying attention, so I WILL SHOUT... THEN YOU WILL HEAR ME...
The option to shout does seem the logical way to be heard, but it does not work... When we shout people can hear, but they do not listen, and really communication is about being listened to...
And I am going to suggest an experiment... The next time you are engaged in a chat, a discussion or a row, you lower your voice... You begin to speak quietly, and I mean speak really softly and really quietly.
The effect will be remarkable... Really! The person you are 'talking' with will firstly ask you to repeat yourself, and will also disassociate from their thread of thought and interrupt their flow, allowing you to convey your point.
The more quietly you speak, the more others will listen, and when they listen, they hear your message, clearly, and this process of listening enables and facilitates your listener to dis-engage from the anger...
Now, please don't think that this is a provocative act, or a method of wrong-footing your friend, partner or rival, consider it to be an action of consideration, to relieve the tension of the moment.
The quieter you speak, the more others have to listen... Be softly spoken, patient, and do no rush to find an answer, as sometimes a momentary pause can also facilitate a relaxation of the tension of the moment.
This really does work, it is a very powerful method of communication... Start with a day of no shouting!
And always remember that peace, serenity and joy are only a thought away...
Try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
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Monday, 8 June 2009
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LETTER FROM ASCRIBE 68
What level of provocation creates a harsh response? How loudly must someone shout at you, or vehemently criticise you for you to snap back in anger... What or where is your cut off point? Or does it vary from person to person... Do some people know how to 'push your buttons'?
Yes, I know a couple of people who seem to know exactly how to find their way to my vulnerable entry points, and then proceed to boot the door down.. Ouch.
Funny really, as they have used the same methods and tactics for years, maybe inadvertently, but effective nonetheless... I wonder why the methods are still so effective.. Is it because they are so experienced at understanding me and my vulnerabilities, and that they are really cute, shrewd and clever... Or is it that I am a little dumb?
Not going into self humiliation mode, but honestly.. If I have not gained a basic understanding of what angers me, at my age, 53... Well if that is the case I'd better start to understand.. Hadn't I...
If I react in a manner that has caused me irritation and anger on many occasions, it might be time for me to change my reaction, by becoming aware of the point of reaction coming (I should recognise the signs by now), and affecting a different response this time... If the enemy's attack has proved so effective so many times is it not time to see clearly his methodology?
A tad long winded here, but if someone in your life has irritated you for days, weeks, months, years or even decades, and you have tried a billion times to change them, perhaps, just perhaps, it is time not to change them, but to change something else... Your mind.
See the approach, the provocation, the needling as an opportunity to watch the barometer of your mind, to see it slowly (or quickly) reach boiling point... In this way they can be viewed as a friend, not an enemy.... And I am going to guess here, that the enemy we are talking about here may well have been the closest person to you in this world... Our nearest... Your nearest...
Enter meditation and then visualise the conditions that usually provoke your strongest angry response, and in these 'controlled conditions' you will be able to dip in and out of anger with a degree of objectivity to your observation... It can become a light exercise to train to respond in a new, and more effective manner.
Try love as a the means to communicate, instead of anger...
Try this short meditation here, relaxing, settling down and sitting still for 20 minutes... By clicking this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/assets/meditation.mp3 ...This may take a couple of minutes to download... but it is worth the wait.... x
For further daily meditations, click this link... http://www.achome.co.uk/theorganichome/spiritualorganic.php ...
Thursday, 4 June 2009