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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 33
It might be time to change. To change your perception of who you are, and bypass assumed limitations and also disregard self-doubt and habitual negative traits.The combination of these 3 listed above; assumed limitations, self-doubt and negative traits are not those which might hamper us, such as lack of finances or physical inability, but are those which we think might prevent us... Prevent us from, lets say... being happy.
Yes, lets take being happy as an example. I guess if being happy is a goal worth attaining it might be worth putting a little effort into, as in my experience happiness will, if encouraged, increase.
Gently nurtured back into a state of health might be one way of looking at happiness, for a simple verbal statement 'I am happy' does not have the power to transform one's inner perception, nor convince others... unfortunately.
For, within your experience, within your catalogue of memories, are times when happiness arose and created a sense of well-being, self-worth and clarity... Maybe one sunny spring day, long ago, or perhaps yesterday. And with this understanding or recognition, the thought of being happy is true and real, and not a forced repetition.
Recognition... an important word in this context,for what we are doing is going back in time, to re-experience or re-cognise a happy experience, and allow it to manifest once again, and whilst this is happening, allow the dynamic to re-connect your internal and external worlds, so that no contradiction with the experience that is arising... in effect a bridge from inner world to outer world, and back again, and one that can be maintained by a combination of memory choice and a wish to retain the experience.
Nothing to complex, or technical at this point, just a very simple exercise. And, I am going to suggest a schedule to build upon this experience... Every hour or so, re-cognise your happy experience and allow it to flow for a couple of seconds, and in between times, if you wish, feel that this might be a preferable way of being...
Written and published by Mark Golding - Spiritual Organic - The Organic Home
Monday, 15 March 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 32
To heal and to be healed.Step 1. Offer no resistance. Step 2. Offer no resistance. Step 3. Offer no resistance.
I am not stating this from an elevated position, revealing higher wisdoms, I am sharing my direct experience, as I heal myself.
Voyaging into the mysteries and depths of my body, considering those dark and ignored areas of pain and discomfort, those denser volumes that wish to defy inner visualisation and scanning. These appear to be energetic black holes, so we keep well away from them, thinking that they will sap all our energy and resources, but this is just a smoke screen, an illusion that we erect through ignorance and misunderstanding.
We make the mistake of trying to remove our minds from areas of pain or discomfort from our body, in the belief that as a result the pain will reduce, but actually the opposite happens. By looking away we allow or permit the problem to dig in, and establish itself, and this increases the tendency for it to build up and return, and manifest in ever destructive ways.
Consider a complex 3 dimensional grid, through which a fluid continually passes. At a point within this system a slight blockage occurs, and if dealt with immediately, the system will self-regulate and the smooth flow will be re-established, but should the slight blockage be ignored it will begin to back up, and become entrenched.
Overall the grid might continue to function with this problem, but its efficiency will be somewhat reduced and it will settle into a new imbalanced state, that may well introduce a further system imbalance or blockage.
Feel inside your body, and know where the blockage is occurring. You do know exactly where they are, I know you do. And venture into the very centre, the very densest part, and take you mind in the aspect of a golden light flow of energy to clear that obstruction.
Offer no resistance to the visualisation, allow the flow of golden light, as precisely as you wish, to dissipate the darkness within, and to begin to heal and detoxify your inner being. This is best achieved with your eyes closed, and with a determination to grant yourself a few minutes to achieve your aim, which in this first instance is to begin your task. That is all, just to begin.
Venture to the centre, and allow your mind to fully penetrate, and initiate dissipation and dispersal. You may wish to drink clean water to form part of the overall process, adding the flushing experience to your overall inner cleansing.
Step 4. Offer no resistance. Your body wishes to be clear, and to flow energetically and before your body reacts and pulls away (as I know it is doing so), use your mind to overcome the physical reactionary tendency to pull away. Clear and cleanse.
And begin to heal.
Written and published by Mark Golding - Spiritual Organic - The Organic Home
Friday, 12 March 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 31
Healing... Healing from the heart, healing of the heart, and healing with the heart, just 3 ways of considering inner peace and contentment, from our own perspective.I am using the word heart, in this context, to refer to our heart centre, or heart chakra... that which resides within the very centre of our chest, midway between between the left and right, and slightly closer towards our back than to our chest. Take a moment to close your eyes and locate this inner space.
Imagine, at that very point within your heart centre, infinity and eternity both reside, with fathomless depth and ever increasing serenity, for, this is the true nature that resides at the heart chakra.
Imagine that from the infinite depths arises a beautiful rose bud, red in colour, and as it grows within your heart, it also begins to spread and open it's sweetly scented velvet petals, slowly spiralling open, and releasing any tightness or tension you hold around the heart... Please don't restrict this opening, allow your imagination to fully engage with this visualisation, to allow the soft petals to loosen the knots of constriction.
For it is this opening that facilitates the healing action, as the release of tension, constriction and tightness, is the healing process, nothing more... and this is because we limit the energetic flow around the heart chakra by repressing the opening and flowering potential with limiting thoughts, and these in turn create muscular tensions, that over a long period of time develop and increase, quietly and insidiously, without us even noticing.
As spring approaches, allow the seeds of inner peace and contentment to arise, blossom and flourish at your heart, and spread this magical feeling throughout, opening your heart wide and safe, free from all fears, and transforming every atom of your body into soft, gentle, healing energy....
Written and published by Mark Golding - Spiritual Organic - The Organic Home
Monday, 8 March 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 30
Mastering the art of balance.... Just when you've got it right, whoops, it is gone. Was the carpet pulled from underneath your feet, or did you lose concentration?Where do you want to be with regard to your balance, have you thought about the inner and outer counterpoints, considering your emotions, your desires, your aspirations, your hopes, your needs. For, if you have not considered these, might it be difficult to know where and what you wish to experience, with regard to each of these aspects?
To live a balanced life, to feel balanced within, and see balance around you, I am suggesting that identifying balance within is the initiator of growth and increased experience.
To be spread to the extremes, from intense end to intense other end, without being overtly pulled or attracted to either is the middle way, and the middle way, though naturally existing, has to be understood.
As a ballerina or gymnast, trained and accomplished, makes the impossible appear effortless, so too the trained balancer retains comfort, safety and security whatever their external circumstances.
A trained mind is a happy and peaceful mind, for it knows where it wishes to be, and can respond deftly and with accomplished reaction to difficulties, whilst... being relaxed. I know it sounds difficult, but as the gymnast learns flexibility and strength, over time, so to the traveller along the Middle Way gains familiarity with their path.
But... We must practice. As much as we wish to deny or refute this, we will only become accomplished through our own practice, as though peace might arise spontaneously from time to time, would it not be nice to learn the ability to maintain it? Time for discipline and understanding, if you wish to learn the skills of effortless happiness.
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Tuesday, 2 March 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 29
For what lies ahead, on yonder horizon? I challenge you not to avert your eyes, but to read and journey, venture ahead with steady gaze.Death awaits, my death, your death, our death. And pray, describe that frisson that has just run through your eyes and hands, that coldish chill of fear and revulsion, a desire to disassociate from truth.
Pause awhile, compose and steady, and venture once again to that future time when you are no more, and see that this journey is one of constant evolution and understanding, opportunities to see beyond our current horizons.
For that is what we can do, see beyond our current horizons, if we choose to do so. And indeed we do when we plan for tomorrow, the tomorrow when the sun will arise from below the horizon, and is summoned into our vision.
The sun symbolises rebirth, as after the dark of night the light returns, illuminating our world, lifting the weight of fear and unknowing from our shoulders, and though we know this truth to be, sometimes the darkness seems never-ending, as our moment extends into eternity.
I understand, and I can see beyond this horizon, today, as I can read that lesson of history, and know that what has been will be again, though different, and life in it's cape and gown of illusion, will be maintained, with different face, and this child, once born, will see life again, beyond the next horizon, for all things continue, though changed.
And should the thought of death be one that you push away, just for today, choose to look, and fear not the horizon, look inside at the path you follow, and create that garden that lies in the future, by planting those seeds you wish to flourish in your life... Sunflowers of love. Roses of beauty. Snowdrops of peace. Daffodils of joy.
And, then, tomorrow and in the summer, they will grow.
Written and published by Mark Golding - Spiritual Organic - The Organic Home
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 28
The blackbird skips and looks for where Jack Frost has left a seed unscathed or even for his morning feast, of worm. For nourishment is all he seeks, he does not know of cruelty and causing pain, and how his actions might disrupt or echo on, through unseen worm families.
But should he fast, and not survive? This is not of his choice, for he acts and lives as one who does not know or see the future, further paths.
Therein lies wisdom, for you and I, we choose. If I ponder for a moment, before each word I speak to share with others, or if I ponder for a moment before I move my body in reaction to my thoughts, as is the way we are and be... then I become wise.
This moment, how long is it? And how do I find time to place it in front of everything I do? It is as quick as a flash, and it comprises of no ordinary time, for every thought you have ever had has passed through this wisdom gateway, but... maybe you have not noticed it.
By looking though your window you might not notice the glass, but now and again you see the reflection, or dust upon the pane, and then it becomes apparent, that you are looking through glass, but to see beyond we ignore what is close, and necessary.
Diverting attention, for one single moment, through the glass of the window of wisdom, and seeing, thinking...'Who does this help?'
My windows need cleaning.
Written and published by Mark Golding - Spiritual Organic - The Organic Home
Monday, 15 February 2010
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SPIRITUAL ORGANIC 27
From a lonely place.Do you sit amongst those who know and share your hopes and dreams, or have you kept them tucked away, so no-one knows. For exploring them in solo flight, perchance enriching for the day dreamer shall lead to them tailing away into... nothing. Mere wistful wisps...
And to engage, and to create those paths that are the way into your future, take courage, and, can the lonely be courageous? For is not fear dispelled by action?
The fearless heart, though momentary, breathes in those slight walls, dissolving them, and then expands to overstep the margins that might pen you in, as you glimpse and scent the dream ahead.
And then loneliness awakens, and once disturbed is ushered aside, for that dynamic from within, is friendship, is you. For you and I are not alone as we who taste that silent source, are of one.
Kinship in experience.
And never lonely when I share, with me and you. The oceans merge, and then I am supported, carried upon these shared wishes that surge and rise within, and just maybe, the warmth of a tear of joy, awaiting.
Never alone.
Written and published by Mark Golding - Spiritual Organic - The Organic Home
Thursday, 11 February 2010
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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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