9/10/24
In my early 30s, I often experienced profound states of bliss during meditation. Yet, ironically, my everyday life was riddled with negative thought patterns. I struggled to bridge the gap between my spiritual practice and my daily existence. My mentor at the time insisted that "enlightenment" wasn’t about lingering in states of bliss. He tried to impress upon me that the spiritual path is truly about acceptance. When he first told me this, it felt as though all the life force drained from my body, leaving me deflated like a balloon losing air. Now, twenty years later, I'm still learning the deeper aspects of acceptance and how to embrace reality as it is.
This Sacred Round Table
Everything is too difficult
This planet is f-up!
I don’t know how!
I can’t stand ______!
Not today, definitely not today
I don’t have enough time
I don’t feel good
Grief, depression, anxiety, overwhelm
Nothing is working
This sucks!
Temper tantrums
Resignation, depleted and feeling “deleted”
Collapsing here
If only I had____
If only I could____
Loss, tears, heartbreak
Holding it all
Feeling it all
Resting here
Being here
Slowing down
Setting boundaries
Noticing what I have
Recognizing the gifts
Synchronicity, joy and appreciation
Being energized
What can I offer today?
I wonder what it would be like to…
Body, mind, heart, circumstances, experiences
…do not define me
I Am
Trusting, Surrendering
I don’t need to know-
It knows.
Laughing
Aware of…
Thoughtless awake-ness and
mind racing like a squirrel
It’s okay, it’s all okay
All is well
“Hell YES!”…
to this
miraculous moment
Bowing to what is
I am placed around this sanctified circle
A cycle of lifetimes, or minutes
Revolving or evolving around this wheel
Each position, an offering unveiled
No hierarchy here
Manna for the soul
Granted by love, for love
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