*Please note this is part of a series based on the book Love between Equals: Relationship as a Spiritual Path by Polly Young-Eisendrath, PhD. The meditation is effective with our without reading the book, but if you’d like to join the book club, click here.
Many of us get upset with our bodies: too big, too small, too slow, too clumsy…but what if there are important lessons you need to learn, and share, that you can only get from the body you’re in? What if it’s teaching you to be compassionate in a way you’d never understand otherwise?
The Buddhists believe that it’s necessary we are in the body we have, that otherwise we couldn’t learn the lessons we need in this lifetime.
I will guide you through thought-provoking questions in this meditation to help you love and understand your body a bit better.
Once we understand why we have this body, we can begin to understand how it affects our relationships.
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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This is a great feel-good meditation, because who doesn’t like to feel love?
Sometimes we feel unlovable or not good enough, so why not practice feeling loved? This meditation helps open our heart to receiving love and loving ourselves, because we deserve it! Our existence on this planet is enough to deserve a rich, loving life. Feel the Love; it’s your birthright.
Thank you for listening. Enjoy!
Could you use a little help going deeper or getting unstuck? Karen works with people that are ready to move forward in their lives. Karen learned the power, joy and magic of committed spiritual practice and now helps others to as well. If you’d like to talk about it, sign up for a Spiritual Strategy Session with Karen here.
You can’t change the past, but you can move on and free up your energy for greater things.
Having compassion and forgiving ourselves is key to moving out of a story that we wish never happened. Sometimes our best intentions don’t play out the way we’d like, and it’s impossible to take back words or actions we wish we’d never committed. No matter what has happened. we are allowed to move on with our lives.
This meditation will help you release that story so it doesn’t hold you back anymore.
Thank you for listening. Enjoy.
Could you use a little help going deeper or getting unstuck? Karen works with people that are ready to move forward in their lives. Karen learned the power, joy and magic of committed spiritual practice and now helps others to as well. If you’d like to talk about it, sign up for a Spiritual Strategy Session with Karen here.
