Be where your body is. Know that you are reading these words. Observe your mind wandering away into daydreams and nightmares. Bring yourself back to this moment. Be where your body is.
This is the todays message.
I find it not so easy. Espessially I am doing this exercise when I am playing clarinet. And when I am really there where my body is (feel my fingers on the clarinet and just be where I am) it is a wonderfull playing full of joy and oneness. But this lasts only a short time before my mind is wandering again. And then again I bring myself back to the place where I am. And then the game starts again and so on...
I think you all know this game.
Love to you
Monika
Liebe Monika,
ReplyDeleteI love your comment very much.
Being " aware" of your mind wandering off is the most important thing to observe I think .
It makes me so happy to see another classmate doing her own exercise like I do and admit the struggles with it.So I know I'm not alone on this journey.
Thank you so much ursula
hi Everyone. I have been reading, but too lazy to take the time to write. That you two are not too lazy inspired me.
ReplyDeleteI notice this laziness in me - this resistance to doing what is best for my spiritual life, and my entire life. Lately I seem overcome with negative thoughts that keep reminding me of all my mistakes, comparing me with other people, telling me I am not successful enough, that I should do more and better.
And maybe I should do more and better, but these thoughts don't help me. They keep me feeling down and bad about myself. They keep me in depression, even though I have heard in our lessons that depression has no right to exist.
What encourages me is the awareness that these thoughts are not new. They have always been here, but hidden. As I grow in awareness, I become more aware of the negative thoughts that invade my mind and cause me grief. I think these were thoughts there under the surface before.
I find the spiritual path difficult because it changes the way I look at life. In one way, it was easier when I could blame other people or the world for my problems. The lazy part of me wants to go back to sleep and stay the way I was. The lazy part is the false part that wants to keep me trapped in karma, trapped in forgetfulness.
So I continue to practice awareness. Thanks for your sharing because it really does encourage me. -Kevin
Hello all of you.
ReplyDeleteyes, thank you! for writing and sharing here!
If I manage to write too or not, it DOES ALWAYS touch me and encourage me and lets me know, I am not alone with all this.
Looking back at today, I realize that when I don`t really feel my body, I feel kind of confused, detached. I know that very well. I know I am getting better, getting more aware and present... but there are still so many many many times when I am not (definitely most of the time). It is a LONG way. And I love it!
I am so HAPPY about walking this path of mine and about what I have been able to see and learn so far.
This is great!
And I am glad our paths meet here (and there) :-)
Love
Petra
Thanks for sharing your experience, Petra. I love hearing from other classmates. It helps me on my own path.
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