tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post3363355562944631409..comments2024-03-23T14:12:47.150-06:00Comments on Mystic Meandering: The Greatest Medicine...Mystic Meanderinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-42131420811053857402013-01-23T10:40:41.208-07:002013-01-23T10:40:41.208-07:00Thank you Tracy! Oh yes, it is soooo easy to cont...Thank you Tracy! Oh yes, it is soooo easy to contract into that little self again and again, needing to continually bring our awareness back to the Essential Nature - "working with"/becoming aware of who we really are; not needing to change or improve anything - just falling back into that Awareness over and over again. That is my experience as well, that meeting this True Essence is very intimate, like meeting an old friend, until we see that we ARE that old friend meeting Itself. It's quite amazing actually when the seeing happens. We are communing with ourSelves! It's such a lovely, *loving* Presence isn't it - that Hugs back! :) that embraces all of who we are... <br /><br />Heart Hugs - C Mystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-55800745193641112202013-01-23T10:25:09.473-07:002013-01-23T10:25:09.473-07:00Thank you Dear Sue for your thoughtful comment. Y...Thank you Dear Sue for your thoughtful comment. Yes, a person and much more! We/you are Living Spirit (Being) in form - some call it the Divine, or God-Consciousness. The practice of meditation (according to spiritual teachers/gurus) is to get us in touch with that level of Consciousness of our True Being beyond form; which does not exclude form, or methods, but always turns us back to our Eternal Beingness - the Living Being that lives and breathes us. And we all have a different frame of reference on the subject.<br /><br />Ultimately meditation is a remembering, a recognition, an acknowledgement of this Essence Being that we are. Some also call it the True Self. But it's not about just sitting and being quiet. Arjuna said we meditate to allow our Natural State to be revealed to us" - through becoming *aware* of our Being. Eckhart Tolle talks of it as the Inner Being. I meditate to *commune* with the felt sense of this Being - a vast open spacious Divine Presence. (Words do not convey the fullness of this.) We can all use whatever tools and methods to help us remember our True Infinite Self until they are no longer needed. It really depends on what we really want, where we put our attention. Do we want to know the Truth of Existence, or do we just want to develop our egos... Part of my "journey" at one time was self-empowerment, self-improvement, etc, but there is so much more! And our own journeys unfold the way they need to... Thank you again for your in depth comment...<br /><br />Blessings - ChristineMystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-27380731794081575042013-01-23T05:06:46.787-07:002013-01-23T05:06:46.787-07:00Once again, for your wisdom shared, Christine--I o...<br />Once again, for your wisdom shared, Christine--I offer much thanks! I, too, love that line, "essence before we were born"...Somehow we lose sight of that in our ego trips don't we?! I also liked what you said about, "<br /> falling back into the egoic fear of survival again and again"... I fallen over my own "self" in this way many a time over the years! But you are right in that was simply must return to who we our, our essential nature and work with that. Work with what we've got! If ind that for me meeting myself each day feels like at once a new thing, and familiar--like a friend. I think I'm getting to a point where I don't feel like I have to "fix" or change myself so much for a "better" model. ;o) Happy Day ((HUGS))<br />Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09179096002434748927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-44703873163567294042013-01-23T02:20:30.136-07:002013-01-23T02:20:30.136-07:00I am a person 'the proof of the pudding is in ...I am a person 'the proof of the pudding is in the eating'. Meditation is something I started about five or six years ago when under severe stress. I don't think it is easy to get the hang of but with perseverance I have definitely reaped! Sometimes I go back to wanting to think my way out of fears and the like and can forget the benefits of just sitting and being! That's not to say that we can't help ourselves with personal development, not quick fixes! Sometimes my revelations come out of the sitting and being, then my brain helps with the implementing the way forward.<br /><br />Thanks as always for such good advice. xfoxysuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04620248626509576905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-42341474690122870072013-01-22T20:06:17.030-07:002013-01-22T20:06:17.030-07:00Yes, me too... One does not need to be in a cave ...Yes, me too... One does not need to be in a cave to practice it :) It seems I am re-learning this, starting over again, daily... Mystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-51260861759909935962013-01-22T19:25:44.671-07:002013-01-22T19:25:44.671-07:00I like that practice can simply be coming back to ...I like that practice can simply be coming back to who we are (whether sitting on a cushion or in activity) over and over throughout the day.David Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18339979176989832285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-51155495033674995462013-01-22T12:20:47.111-07:002013-01-22T12:20:47.111-07:00Thanks Uma :) I would imagine that your chanting ...Thanks Uma :) I would imagine that your chanting and Kirtan take you into the same space - the mystery of the Divine - the place of just Being... :) Mystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-78242597171014966232013-01-22T11:23:24.697-07:002013-01-22T11:23:24.697-07:00Our "essence before we were born"...I lo...Our "essence before we were born"...I love that line, it gives me a great sense of lightness and relief! What a lovely place to keep returning to indeed! And that photo is spectacular, wow!Umāhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680155603317072829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-19279935052696958282013-01-22T09:59:26.524-07:002013-01-22T09:59:26.524-07:00Hey Chris! Good to see you again :) Glad you lik...Hey Chris! Good to see you again :) Glad you liked it :) Hope your Shamanic studies are going well! Feeling the Flow :) Mystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905400852427551541.post-48417203127745786972013-01-22T08:49:30.684-07:002013-01-22T08:49:30.684-07:00Yes! . . . "Directly experiencing the inner f...Yes! . . . "Directly experiencing the inner flow of Being on a regular basis will do more for us than any quick-fix methods, as helpful as they may be initially."<br /><br />Thank you once again. . . <br /><br />ChrisChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780016835799337620noreply@blogger.com