A meditation to help you remember your connection with everything
*Please note this is part of a series based on the book The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo. The meditation is effective with our without reading the book, but if you’d like to join the book club, click here.*
In The Book of Awakening, Mark Nepo says on April 25: “Living in modern times has turned us into watchers, placing a sliver of distance between us and everything we meet. It is this watching that disheartens our days, that takes the color out of the earth and makes the songs of time sound flat.”
Have you ever taken note of the seemingly inanimate objects around you? The wall, the door, the chair, the table? How would life be if you recognized these objects were full of life just as plants, flowers and trees are?
It may seem strange to imagine this, but if you remember the Holy Spirit is within everything, and there is no place that escapes the breath and life of God, a healing of separation can begin. Once you again feel connected to everything in the universe, you will know and experience unconditional love, safety, support, wisdom and everything else that is already our Divine Truth.
*Please note this is part of a series based on the book The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo. The meditation is effective with our without reading the book, but if you’d like to join the book club, click here.*
It’s hard to be present with our loved ones while life is crazy around us, but if we can remember to keep ourselves centered and grounded we do better in all of our relationships.
This meditation helps you be the steady anchor of your home or work to allow you to focus in areas of importance, and connect deeper with those you desire.
What does it mean to be connected to all life and how does it serve you?
*Please note this is part of a series based on the book The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo. The meditation is effective with our without reading the book, but if you’d like to join the book club, click here.*
If you sit and watch a river or stream flow, you’ll see that it touches everything in its way and then moves on. It does not stop to ponder why a rock is in the way, or how the tree came to fall right across its path. It continues, day after day, to touch all and carry the loose or unnecessary obstacles away with it.
What can this mean for you? Have you ever had the experience, like Mark Nepo mentions in the book on April 2nd, that the waters of emotion may be with you one hour, and in the next another person is having the same experience? Or that the waves of emotion that wash through us are just that, waves that ebb and surge?
What you discover through this process will be unique. I can’t predict what insights you’ll have to your life and that of those around you, but I do know this meditation can help you find peace and balance as you discover the connection through the never-ending flow of water.
If we don’t know, and we assume something, we can be way off base, losing opportunity and wasting energy in the process.
If we are a little confused by what someone has told us we should ask for clarification, but instead we often make an assumption. When we assume incorrectly, while at work for example, we can waste much time doing the wrong job or gathering worthless information. If we had asked for clarification, we would have known up front what the intent of the conversation was. So why don’t we ask?
Our brain is quick to fill in missing information; we do it about others, and others do it about us. Have you ever given someone else instruction only to find they didn’t do what you wanted at all? We make assumptions that we know what others want, and we also assume they know what we want. Not only is this unproductive, it can sometimes be hurtful as well.
The simple fix is to be open, be curious and ask questions. Ask for clarification!
In this week’s meditation we are encouraged to watch for this in our life, and to be open to a different possibility.
Thank you for listening. Enjoy!
This meditation correlates to my current Inspiring Book Transformation Series featuring The Four Agreements. Each month I feature an inspiring and transformative book to guide us in digging deeper into our selves and change our lives. These are all books that have changed my life and I know they can change yours. Find out more about the current book here or sign up to receive emails on upcoming Inspiring Book Transformation Classes.
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As a professional Animal Communicator and Spiritual Practitioner and Minister, I use the wisdom I have learned from all life to create a life I love through deep spiritual practices. This did not happen quickly; I had a lot of rough years being financially broke and in dysfunctional relationships before I was able to understand the wisdom presented in Spirit and Nature and how to connect it to my own life. Then, finally, life started shifting.
Now it’s my mission to help others do the same. I engage the wisdom of ALL life to help people create a life they love using spiritual practices and tools; to guide people into deep spiritual connection with the Divine for a richer, more rewarding life.
If you have the urge to seek something better in your life, if life feels hard and deep down you know it doesn’t have to be, but you don’t know how to make it better; if you are ready to make a change, please reach out to me.
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How to move into more joy, ease and lightness in your life
If you don’t have a lot of joy or ease in your life, it probably feels more like a struggle. Living in struggle often has to do with living outside of the present moment. Wouldn’t it be nice if it were easier, lighter and more joyful?
This meditation will help identify areas of joy and ease that you can focus on as you move into your purpose. Acceptance is part of it. If you don’t accept a current situation then you’re in resistance, and resistance is simply a circle of struggle.
Accept the present and move into joy and ease.
Thank you for listening. Enjoy!
This meditation coincides with the February Empowerment Class based on A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. To be a part of future classes, or to learn more, click here.
Being aware of our inner body – that body which is free from our external view and judgement – is an important step to our overall awareness. There can be no ego in the present moment feeling the life of our body, and it’s this awareness that can help us move forward as we differentiate between feelings that feel good and don’t feel good. Our inner body brings us present, but also is the gauge to move us forward.
Thank you for listening. Enjoy!
This meditation coincides with the February Empowerment Class based on A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. This 4-week empowerment book study will help you awaken to your life’s purpose as we dig deep into ourselves. I will guide you through the wisdom of the book while sharing the insights I’ve learned from it and other places to live my life’s purpose. Each week we will dig into ways to keep your life’s journey strong and inspiring. You will come to experience who you truly are while learning the steps to take to have a more meaningful life, learning to live and breathe freely.
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