![]() ![]() I would say the most "grand" way I ever experienced this time of intimacy was when I allowed myself to be extremely vulnerable in posting on Facebook about being in another depression and being deeply concerned about the darkness enveloping me. ![]() I've been on both sides and it is healing and releasing. There is always at least one other person who has experienced something similar who can sit with us, listen, hold space and acknowledge our journey. If we have the courage to open up, share our truth, our vulnerability, our story, we quickly learn we are never alone in any experience. The great mistake is thinking we are alone. We need to say YES to it and gracefully welcome it. During the twenty minutes of mindfulness meditation, we got deeply connected with the touch of the cool air, the enchanting fragrance of the blooming flowers, the sight of the rising sun and the chirping of the birds.We also felt joyfully and deeply connected with each other without words.Įverything is waiting for us. We sat in our front yard sitting silently with open heart and open mind. Three days ago my grandson invited me to do mindfulness meditation with him in the early morning hours. We need to empty our task -loaded hands to receive them. How can I see me if I am not awake? The universe offers countless gifts to us. How can I relate to the world of sound if I keep my ears plugged? How can I listen to the live silence of nature if I keep my mind noisy? How can I smell the fragrance of blooming flowers if I keep my nose plugged? How can I feel the warmth of your touch if I keep my hands off? How can I feel your presence if I am not present with you?. We need to make a shift from I-It to I-Thou. We need to open our mind and heart to be connected with the world of nature and others like us. We are born by intimacy, we survive by intimacy and thrive by intimacy. 2 replies: Jo, Jessica | Post Your Replyįeeling lonely, disconnected and depressed is sadly growing more in our society. Empty your cup to fill it with that understanding. What is your perception? If you drop the “who” what is here?īeyond grasping to have there is what is already, always here. What is deeply there is always there.ĭo you see yourself today as the river or the channel of the river? It is kind of asking yourself “Are you yin or yang?”, or more one than the other? As the river you know yourself as flow.Īs the channel you know yourself as a guidance for that flow, banks that funnel the energy and direct it. Our part is to look in the mirror and see “who” is really there. If you no longer “saw” yourself as a who what is left? So, if you were to stop asking yourself this question and go beyond. īeyond wants, needs, and desires what is here? What is the truth of this moment as you? The famed Ramana Maharshi was known for asking his students to ask themselves over and over, “Who am I?” (Alternatively, having a dyad partner ask you “Who are you?”) … until they fall out of the question and into the understanding of the reason for the question. It is touching the garment of truth.īeyond wants, needs, and desires what is here? What is the truth of this moment as you? The famed Ramana Maharshi was known for asking his students to ask themselves over and over, “Who am I?” (Alternatively, having a dyad partner ask you “Who are you?”) … until they fall out of the question and. It is a cultivation of appreciation of all that is, and has been. And there is always something, something good, something appropriate that is wanting to come. Then a time for stillness to allow what is wanting to come. There is always a pouring out, a giving away, a making space for. We are here to bake in the presence of another and let the aroma of our maturing be that which inspires and illumines, cares for and serves the other. We are here for connection and expression, for relationship and intimacy. ![]()
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