This Week’s Meditation

April 10, 2007 at 12:47 pm (Energy, Meditations, Self Therapy)

This week’s focus is negativity.

We all experience negativity, many of us on a daily basis.  We forget things, we lose things, we break things, we get angry, we get frustrated…the list goes on and on.

It’s how we deal with this negativity that matters.  The easy way to deal with it is to project it outward toward others, letting your negative energies affect the people around you, bringing everyone down.  That’s not how we need to deal with those energies.

Another easy way to deal with those energies is to bottle them up inside, pretending that there’s nothing wrong and moving along through your day.  That isn’t a good way to deal with those negative energies, either, as it doesn’t take long for those energies to build up until they MUST go somewhere, which is when they push you to what is called a nervous breakdown, or even worse, push you toward releasing your negative energies in a way that can be physically and emotionally devastating to others.

Take a few minutes a day for meditation.  Settle into your comfort zone, light your aromatherapy candles, take a deep breath, shut your eyes and relax into a gentle mantra.  Let the negative energy vaporize as you accept it and then release it.

This week’s mantra, (again, this is only a suggestion.  Feel free to use whatever calming mantra you may prefer):

Negative out, positive in

Letting go, cleansing me

Feel peace, love harmony

Negative out, positive in.

One final note:  Many will find themselves crying as they release negative energy.  This is perfectly fine and does indeed help the cleansing process.  Let it out – keeping negative energy inside does no one any good, and the sooner it is released in this effective and safe manner, the better you will feel.

Serenity be yours.

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This Week’s Meditation

April 2, 2007 at 6:17 am (Energy, Meditations, Self Therapy)

**Note: You can also hear this meditation by heading over to SelfSpirit’s Keen listing.**

Our meditation focus this week is Finding Peace.

In our mad rush world, it is often difficult to find a moment to call our own.  There are so very many things to get done that we often forget to take time out to recharge our energies when they become sapped by our day to day stresses.

However, too much of this stress can cause serious physical and mental problems.  When we allow ourselves to become too overwhelmed with work and other stresses, we use all of our stored energies, leaving none within to sustain us when we truly need it the most.  Most people define the loss of those energies as a nervous breakdown.

Instead of saying to yourself, “I just don’t have the time,” try making some time just for you.  Many fellow SelfSpirit path walkers find that time by going to bed a little earlier and getting up a little earlier, while the rest of the household is asleep.   Some retreat for a brief five or ten minutes to their personal meditation space, blocking everyone and everything out for a short while in order to meditate.

No matter how you choose to regenerate some positive personal energy, try to make time each day to do so.  Even if it’s only five or ten minutes.

Our mantra this week:

(Remember, this is only a suggested mantra.  You are welcome to use whatever comes to your mind.)

Regroup, recharge

No rush, no stress

I am, I can, I do.

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Massage

April 1, 2007 at 3:56 pm (Body, Energy, Meditations, Self Therapy)

One of the key points to releasing energies, whether positive or negative, is massage. The stimulation of the inner energies via human touch is a very cleansing process.

If you have a friend or family member who is willing to give you a good massage, by all means encourage them to give one! Check here for some good massage oil recipes.

If you don’t have any available or willing friends, check out some day spa prices in your area.  Typically, these run pretty reasonably and once a week is a great gift for yourself.  Just relax into the massage and let your spirit flow freely, as this is a wonderful time for meditation.

Up until now, no mention of sexuality has been made.  However, if your partner is willing to give that massage, it is perfectly natural for your spirit to become so comfortable as to allow you to become a bit randy.  Indulge and enjoy, share the joy with your partner.

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Meditations Are Important

April 1, 2007 at 6:48 am (Energy, Meditations)

How does one actually find their SelfSpirit?

The easy answer is through meditation. Meditation is defined as “continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature;”*

Everyone has a personal meditation style. For example, many people prefer a quiet place in a comfortable area of their homes which is free of distractions such as pets, other family or friends, television and/or telephones. This quiet atmosphere is enhanced often by soft music, the sound of water or other calming noise, candles and aromatherapy.

Find your quiet place and set it up the way you prefer. You will know when your energies feel at home and comfortable. Wherever your energies guide you, feel free to express to anyone living with you that you would like some time to be alone in your space.  Go ahead and shut the door, even lock it if you like.

Do whatever you wish to make yourself comfortable.  Some people like yoga mats for rump comfort.  Some prefer to stand.  Get into whatever comfy position your body and mind desire.  Go ahead.  No one is going to judge you here, you’re safe in your private, serene area.

When you get comfortable, close your eyes.  Breathe deeply, in through the nose and out through the mouth.  Do this for a couple of minutes until you begin to feel relaxed, (but not until you fall asleep).  It is now that you clear your mind,  letting nothing in but peace and serenity.  Listen to the water, music, or your breathing, depending upon what you chose to provide the calming noise in your space.  Inhale the scent of the candles or incense or whatever you chose to provide your aromatherapy.  If you didn’t choose any aromatherapy, that’s fine too – inhale deeply and see if you can identify any scent in particular.

Keeping your eyes closed and your mind at peace, begin to search yourself by allowing your energy to engulf you.  This may take some time, and many people find it too difficult to do in the very beginning.  That’s fine, there’s no pressure.  This becomes easier with time and practice.

What do you feel?  Warmth, coldness, fear?  Joy, sorrow, anger?  These are all things that we feel naturally.  Don’t fight them.  Instead, encourage them to come forth.  For example, when invited, the anger in your spirit will easily tell you the root of the energy’s surge.  Did someone cut you off in traffic today?  Boss been an ass?  Don’t stifle that negative energy – recognize why it’s there and then gently release it from your center.  Acknowledge that you have reason to be angry, but now that the moment has passed, the anger that went with it should go now as well.  Then release it.

Sounds easy.  It isn’t always so, however.  But with practice, you will begin to find that giving that energy permission to go and helping it to escape makes you feel more relaxed and peaceful.

It is when we are relaxed and peaceful that we accomplish our goals the fastest.

Try to capture that peace.  Set up your personal space and take a few minutes of YOU time.  Do this as often as you wish, but at least once a day.

*meditation. (n.d.). WordNet® 2.1. Retrieved March 31, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meditation

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