I’ve tried different styles of meditation for years. Sometimes I’m better at keeping up with it than others.
The last few months, I haven’t meditated hardly at all. So the other day, I had the idea to sit quietly with my eyes closed for 5 minutes before I left for work.
It seemed so simple and so easy that I couldn’t resist. The 5 minutes flew by, and I felt so good. I wished I could have stayed longer!
I decided to try to sit for 5 minutes to 10 minutes every morning before work going forward. I told myself there was no pressure and no issue if I didn’t end up doing it.
The next morning, the 5 minutes were terribly uncomfortable. I decided to get up and stretch, get cozy, and try again.
I set my timer this time for 10 minutes. I watched the storms of my mind erupt into lightning clouds and tornados. And I watched them subside. I soaked up the few scattered moments of relief, and I decided to set the timer for another 10 minutes.
This time, I wanted to go into the place where I go when I do my intuitive readings. It was interesting to me that my “meditation space” and my “reading space” were not the same.
I sat and pretended that I was going to give someone a reading. I knew exactly what to do. I completely relaxed. My mind completely quieted. I felt light, easy, and focused.
But there was no one to read. And without the intention, without the question, or the reason, there was nowhere to go.
I wondered, without a person to read, was there something else I could do with my gift of traveling? Maybe one day I would discover the answer.
I thought again of how I feel when I’m sitting there, about to read someone. I realized how they looked like a bright sun. A bright light.
I thought of all of the people I’d given readings to, and they were all beautiful beings of light.
I realized that we are all suns and stars. When my mind quiets and I have the intention to move into that beautiful, unique, and individual light and translate what it’s saying into words, I read the truth of who we all are.
At our core is a burning light that vibrates and emits vibrant and energetic energy all around.
And when things seem gray and hard and rotten, it’s good to remember that just a breath away…just a sliver of a membrane away…lies the bright truth of Life and of You.
We are light just as much as we are rock and earth and water. The next time you’re listening to someone speak, try to close your eyes and look at them without seeing. Can you feel the fire of their spirit?
Practice with people you don’t know or have no opinion on. Maybe it’s a worker at a cafe or restaurant. Or a stranger in the grocery aisle. Can you see them without looking with your eyes? Can you feel that energetic energy that’s enlivening their body with life?
It’s good to remember that we are dreary clouds just as much as a bright summer day. And all it takes is a small shift of attention and consciousness to see the whole picture.
<3,
Heba
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