Getting ready for my Meditation Class in August, I listened to a Dharma talk by James Baraz. Baraz quoted one of his teachers who said:
Let go a little – you’ll have a little freedom
Let go a lot – you’ll have a lot of freedom
Let go completely – you’ll have a complete freedom.
How do you let go completely? How do you let go a lot? For ordinary people like me, it takes a lot of practice to let go. It sounds simple, doesn’t require hard work but I wish somebody would find the perfect recipe for letting go….
Read More Post a comment (0)Look at how the universe operates. Day and night follow each other in perfect synchronicity. The seasons take turns to change without ever making a mistake. Every planet is always rotating in perfect order and never deviating from its course..
If there is such order in nature, why is it so hard for us to allow God/ the divine/ the universe to guide us in the same way?
…and what should you expect?
You lie down on a massage table fully clothed. You are only asked to remove shoes, belts or big jewelries. A soft, relaxing music is playing in the background. Michal will gently rest her hands upon you, non-intrusively, in a series of positions corresponding to the body main energy centers called Chakras. Each hand position is held for a few minutes, sometimes longer, and during this time energy will flow into you, drawn according to your needs, helping to balance your energy system.
I just came back to Atlanta after a month of traveling. It was only natural for me to wake up in the morning on the day after with the longest To-Do list ever….. First, it was in my head.
When I started to meditate, the only thing I could focus on was my list. I did what I usually do when this happens: I did a Journaling Meditation. In my journal, I put it all on paper, without worrying about what it is or what it looks like. Then, I took a big piece of paper and wrote down the list I had in my head. Everything. Looking at the list I knew that it is not reasonable to think that I, or any human being, would be able to do all these in one day.
Read More Post a comment (0)Last weekend, I met a group of amazing people, who joined together for a weekend of Life Coaching Training with the IPEC School. The training was great, but what was even more amazing was to get to know all these people, who are so committed to grow and change into powerful leaders. I was so inspired by being among people who THINK BIG. It made me want to create an extraordinary life for myself and others.
100 years ago, Wallace D. Wattles wrote in his book The Science of getting RICH:
“[The] universal law by which all life advances continuously into fuller expression. . .is that whenever an organism has more life than can find expression by functioning perfectly on a given plane, its surplus life lifts it to the next higher plane. When you put enough of yourself into your present work to do it perfectly, your surplus power will extend your work into a large field. It is also essential that you should have in mind what you want, so that your surplus power may be turned in the right direction.”
Think Big! It will lift you to the next level
This week on my Stress-Reduction Phone Seminar we had an interesting conversation about Chakras and colors. It will benefit you the most if you take the 45 minutes, sit in a quiet room by yourself and devote yourself to the experience. The call starts with a meditation and end with a meditation and the discussion is in the middle.
What does Abundance mean for me? For years, my focus was on being grateful for what I have in my life. Abundance for me was only love, values, personal growth and service. Financial security was not part of the deal. It felt negative for me to want it. Since then, life experiences taught me that I should include not only financial security in my definition of Abundance but even prosperity and success. I realized that Abundance is a rich concept which includes everything.
Recently, dear friends of us gave us the book “The Science of getting RICH” by Wallace D. Wattles. What’s amazing about this book is that it was published in 1910 but his ideas are so relevant and powerful today! I will share some of his inspirations in the next couple of days.
Page 73: “There is thinking stuff from which all things are made. A thought, in this Substance, produces the thing that is imaged by the thought. Man can form things in his thought, and, by impressing his thought upon Formless Substance, can cause the thing he thinks about to be created. In order to do this, man must pass from the competitive to the creative mind; he must form a clear mental picture of the things he wants, and hold this picture in his thoughts with the fixed PURPOSE to get what he wants, and the unwavering FAITH that he does get what he wants, closing his mind against all that may tend to shake his purpose, dim his vision, or quench this faith”.
100 years ago, Wattles stated that we create our future in our mind. This idea was picked up for The Secret in 2006. Do you agree?
So what does abundance mean to you?
Do you believe you can create it if you have faith?
Today we had a bad drain clog. It was bad and ugly. The plumber found that tree roots were the cause. When I was done cleaning the floors, I remembered that a dear friend of mine once told me that a clogged drain might symbolizes a suppressed issue or blockage, and the release of the drain means that time has come to let it go.
Surprisingly (or maybe not?) a few hours after the plumber left, I spoke with a family member on the phone, became very emotional and had a very good cry… one of those cries which feels very freeing.
It made me think – was there a connection between my cry and the clogged drain?
Preparing for next week’s FREE Stress-Reduction Phone Seminar, I “played” with different types of meditation. I approached it with the sense of play and curiosity I talked about yesterday and it was really fun.
Who said meditation should be serious? Who said it should be scary?
Do I have to always sit crossed legs in a quiet room with candles and music?
The answer is NO. Mediation can be simple as gazing at the wall and counting your breaths or saying an affirmation or mantra over and over again. One of my favorite ways is to listen to one of my guided meditations on my iPod when I come back from work and need a break before dinner and whatever else I have that night.
I call it my “Meditation Nap.” My daughter says it is funny that I listen to my own voice on my iPod. Funny? Maybe. But it always calms me down and gives me a refreshing boost of energy.
By the way, I always set the alarm clock to 20 minutes when I take my “Meditation Naps” because I sometimes fall asleep in the middle…..don’t tell anyone! In my morning meditation I make sure to sit up straight and to stay awake and concentrated but during my nap, I don’t’ mind if I fall asleep.
Be creative, have fun with meditation. It doesn’t have to be serious!
On my flight back home I read the book “Book Yourself Solid” by Michael Port. Port says: “Part of what keeps us stuck is that we take ourselves, and the process, too seriously”.
I can relate to this. Sometimes, I turn something small into a big deal and I get frustrated from not being able to move forward. What do I do to release the blockage? I approach the problem with an attitude of PLAY and with CURIOSITY.
How do I do that?
By closing my eyes, taking a few deep breaths and leting myself off the hook.
By taking a different or unexpected move that will bring some lightness or humor into the situation. If I leave the problem and do something playful or fun in the meantime, chances are big that when I come back I will be able to solve the problem. This is known in psychology too. “Sleep on it” has a scientific basis.
Feeling stuck? Let yourself of the hook, take it easy, and approach the problem with a sense of play and curiosity.
