‘Rising up, breathing’ with no sharp edges… what a tonic and a supporter of good life! After our mid-morning breakfast, G suggested 15 mins of meditation together. It was a perfect opportunity to work with lengthening and strengthening my breath. He is a consummate ‘breather’ so being in his presence added considerably.
Later, going on to the heart-rending funeral service of the most beautiful 3 year old child you can imagine… waves of deep breathing helped usher through my grief and my joy as they needed to come forth. Something about the morning’s teaching, and perhaps my prayer – and certainly the astonishing spiritual power of N’s radiant, up-rising, broken-by-light parents E&D – helped me to remain present yesterday. After the funeral I spent a nourishing half an hour with my eldest who held and comforted and inspired me. At the reception later, I connected (on my initiative – and rather than hiding/fleeing/masking as I might have done in recent years) with old friends and new, and was blessed by conversations that uplifted and were meaningful. (I even met a colleague of one of my most loved writers, Simon Haas – she (a beautiful, brilliant soul) edited his second book, Yoga and the Dark Night of the Soul, which I look forward to reading.) Walking through the sunlit streets of town afterwards, letting each breath slough off ‘sharp edges’, I melted into gratitude for the Way, for my healing, for my learnings from Medical Medium. Oh yes, and I ate raw and clean through out the day.. and my goodness, I can feel my brain awakening again! It’s all waking up!
Well done, dear soul! You’re working so hard, and yet so softly, lightly, gently. This is just the ticket!
Listening to the Medical Medium audiobook while juicing celery this morning, I was touched by his chapter on Meditation. He mentioned that doing anything creative is a meditation, and the angels gather and watch every brushstroke of our painting and every word we write…
It’s nice to write for an appreciative audience, isn’t it?
Yes. It is. Sometimes – since moving my writing on to a digital platform instead of my handwritten diaries – I’ve felt self-conscious of the possibility of being read by others people…
Well, write for us. Please. We love to watch you write.
It does help me return to my old (handwritten) way of writing – to sense you over my shoulder.
We are in conversation with you. Right here, right now.
Who is ‘we’?
Your team of supporters, super-fans and aides.
Keep speaking to me, right?
Siempre, siempre, siempre…
😀 You knew that would make me smile.
We love to see you smile, dear soul.
Thank you. What shall we learn today?
1) Use that breathing app you got. It may not be perfect, but it is a super start for retraining your breathing. It will reduce that anxiety to virtually nil, and the proper breathing will enable you to flush out more of those old viral toxins faster.
2) Ready for the Way again?
Sure thing. Chapter 5….
It may not be the deepest of lines, but the one that makes me say ‘oh yes!’ is this:
Many words lead to exhaustion
[Ooh, forgive me with.org, but scanning around to check other interpretations, I think I’ve found a better translation of the Tao Te Ching, by Tolbert McCarroll, here.Incidentally, it seems to have fewer words..! I’ll use this from tomorrow.]
Why this particular line?
I’m prone to word-overwhelm of my own making.
I’ve just realised from scanning this new translation and its intro, I have been very yang maybe, in my day time energy and application of intellect (and words) for my perceived survival… and that is why for example a) my yin liver has struggled and b) I responded so well to the suggestion of rounding (yin) off sharp edges (yang)…
Ha! More words…! Ok, pause. Your thoughts?
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Very funny…. and nice. So, um, hm?
That yin quality of ‘decreasing’… It appears to promote the ‘solidifying’ of ‘intuition’.
Yes! Man, I’ve been quite ker-yaaaanng recently… :/ Active, dynamic, expansive… but a bit disconnected from my intuition.
No need to over-stress this notion at all. The point is, now is a good moment to slip into more of a yin-yang balance. Slow down. Decrease. And access the flow, flow, flow of knowledge in you.
So, how best can I work with that today?
Fewer words; more feeling, intuiting, sensing the essential essence of things.
And of people? I have several client calls today.
Keep it broad. We’re not ‘reading’ people. We’re getting to know our own self, especially as the body retunes out of acidosis, and regains access to intuition.
I’ve given myself a hard time with my heavy diet, work stress and lack of sleep.
And now you are plant-powered, working afternoons only, using the mornings for healing, and going to bed early. Well done.
Thank you. Got it.
I am using fewer words
