Meditation Exercise/Experiment

[Matthew Clark]

Hi Starborne (Jon), Transiten (Lillianne) and Berry (himself!),

Aww guys, sorry you are going through a bit of a tough time

Hopefully you are coming out of it now or are out of it altogether which will be even better.

To continue on your points, I have also been feeling very down the last couple of weeks and somewhere on this forum I have said that a few days ago. I dont know why but for a time I was battling with myself. A sort of sod this attitude.

For example in the past if I saw someone homeless (for instance) I would send them love and compassion. Recently I have not been able to do it with feeling so I have not given them a second thought. As I said I have no idea why.

Its like the struggle has gone on for too long and we have all had enough. I find it very interesting that we all are going through it at more or less the same time, perhaps because Berry, Jon and myself have something in common.

Happily I can report that I am in a much better place now and the feelings of joy are getting back to their previous levels. Could it be that in order to appreciate what we have thats good, we have to experience the lows at times? Who knows, actually who cares (when I say "who cares" I dont mean the world health organisation as they could not give a stuff about us lol)

I hope all of your vibrations are increasing as mine are. Oh Lillianne, you are never alone, you have us

Love light and happy thoughts,

Matt

[Berry Chastain]

Hi beloved gang,

Thanks Matt for you comments above and your being open to share that you have also been in a mire.

Last night, every Monday night in fact, I do distant Reiki healing, along with some other related meditations and practices. Last night I was going to say, it felt like I was plodding through a boggy mire with mud sucking at my spiritual feet as I proceded to do what I do. Every action, every thought every intention was a titanic effort. I persisted in maintaining my focus and purpose and got through my exercise, then spent some time in floating in the Sacred Now with no thoughts, no effort, just releasing and accepting what was.

I felt very invigorated afterward and slept like a baby all night. My main partner in this weekly practice is a dear friend in India. He is for all practical purposes being the receiver, as like our practices here, he is most often doing it as much as 6 hours prior to my working. He told me that last night he experienced one of the most uplifting and invigorating Reiki/Reiju he could remember.

My point is when we are surrounded by shadow and perceived negativity, maintain a positive and persistant intention that Light and Love of the Creator is greater than anything that can be thrown at us. We are lighthouses, with the purpose of shining light and love into the depths of the storm. We were not built on safe solid dry land, but upon those rocky outcroppings were we are exposed to the worst of the tides and lashing storm winds and waves. Our lights continue to shine in spite of it. It is why we are where we are.
Selah, Aho,

[Art]

Why try to change our thoughts?
Why struggle against what we are?
We ARE the universe, God, whatever word you like. We are exactly that each and every one.
The connection is much more pervasive than anything we could think up. It is me, it is you, it is us.
How could we possibly be anything else?
Our unique sensory apparatus evokes the whole ball of wax.
Without us, it does not exist. Without it, we do not exist.
Only we've been deeply conditioned to feel separate.

... There are negative feelings and there are positive feelings. They define each other. They come and go - always have and always will. Making an effort to change, suppress, or transform them is going against and is fruitless and will cause frustration. It simply means that what you are and what you feel is not enough. It means there is desire to be something else or feel something else. You will never be without negative feelings. To struggle against them only brings suffering. Suffering is not being in pain or being sad or any of that, suffering is the psychological pain we feel when we fight against those things. Suffering is not being what you are, it is wanting to be something other.

Accept the feelings, positive AND negative. Open up to them and welcome them. Feel them as deeply as you are able. Be aware - completely aware of how it feels physically, psychologically, just be with it. Don't worry, it will change soon enough, whether up or down. Growth comes from conflict and pain, not from pleasure and satisfaction.

The universe will always provide exactly what each of us needs, whether we recognize it or not. It will not always make us feel good or be what we think we want. The universe is absolutely perfect. It's just that up close, sometimes it seems chaotic and insofar as we are attached to things, the tendency toward change is painful. So I don't try to think in a certain way or imagine things as I want them. I try to be in the world as it is and do what needs to be done and what feels right. Acceptance brings a degree of peace, security, and freedom that otherwise is lacking....

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[Art]

Originally Posted by Berry Chastain

My point is when we are surrounded by shadow and perceived negativity, maintain a positive and persistant intention that Light and Love of the Creator is greater than anything that can be thrown at us. We are lighthouses, with the purpose of shining light and love into the depths of the storm. We were not built on safe solid dry land, but upon those rocky outcroppings were we are exposed to the worst of the tides and lashing storm winds and waves. Our lights continue to shine in spite of it. It is why we are where we are.

Thanks for writing this Berry. Uplifting and inspirational.