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Hi friends, unexpectedly I had a kind of crash this morning. It seems that projection of early trauma still moves me to not being able to see or hear things clearly, which overly stresses me and reached a point where I have to pull the ripcord. So I decided to step back from sharing here for a while. Currently I don´t know if I will be coming back to participating here again. Just to let you know that I need to step back and find another perspective on things through really letting go of past imprints and finding a perspective cleaned from throwing projections on others and myself, confusing my mind and view. Currently I am not sure at all if this will be possible nor how to go on. So unexpectedly, this question fits perfectly with my need to step back, take my time, wash away the tears, try to re-center and let hope be my guide that all will be well while going on to learning to listen and see with the heart. Wishing all of you the very best, and may be we see each other again. With love and all my respect for your being here with all your heart. May you all be blessed.
Respectively everyone’s journey is very different. Sending Best wishes to you Emelia
We are in this alone together. My heart is with you as you walk the path for you.
Completely understand and support you, Emilia. Godspeed on your journey.♥️
Wishing you clarity and peace, Emilia.
loving kindness to you Emilia.
I wish you the very best on your journey,
no matter how you take it
or where it takes you,
dearest Emilia . . .
if we can help,
please don’t hesitate to return here.
We have all gained
from you sharing and fro your wisdom
with love . . . ♥
May peace follow closely Emilia.
Sending love and well-wishes. Glad you are safe.
Everyday when I set aside time for my meditation practice. This typically reminds me to slow down and be present.
I am going on much needed vacation at the end of this month. Work has been crazy busy and co-workers have been out so it has been hectic.
I plan on relaxing and slowing down for sure! 🌞
Nice, Robin. I find it helpful in recharging my enthusiasm for playing piano. That work schedule can turn mundane at some point. Speaking of vacation, I’m on my way home from Texas on a family road trip.
Slowing my body down
slows my brain down too . . .
the blood stops pounding in my ears,
my breathing evens out,
and my fingers and toes stop tingling.
I have no choice with my body,
which has slowed down by necessity.
No amount of orders
will ever give me a five minute mile.
It is my mind that needs the training.
In general,
my mind complies
because it is smart enough to see the improvement
in my heart and soul . . .
I have a fuller sense of well being,
and a sense of the serene floating inside my head.
I love that space,
and yearn for it when I am unable to attain it.
This is where Joseph’s persistent little simian
enters the picture,
bringing with him monkey wrenches and bananas,
ready to get to work,
often when I least expect it.
The creature judges me harshly,
using his famous monkey-laugh to drive home his contempt of me.
Sometimes
I wallow in that scorn . . .
I must,
because I feel too wounded and tired
to try and calm him down,
but sometimes
I am able to take a deep breath and say,
“oh come on,
let’s sit together for a little bit
and see what the trouble IS REALLY all about.”
We can settle in together,
and I can even put my arm around him,
but if he perceives that I am trying manipulate him,
then it’s all over.
Practice. Practice. Practice,
patience and persistence
doesn’t make perfect,
but it does make it better. ♥
Yes, I too value practice so much.
Do you think,
dear Drea.
that ‘Practice’
might be one of the most important components? ♥
Oh yes, I think it is!
Me too. ♥
Yes dear Sparrow, it does make it better. Must still have some dark for the light to shine through.
Thank you,
dear Joseph,
for your kind words
and for your wisdom
offered every day . . . ♥
I think I’ve truly slowed down.
I’m also curious about your morning meditation, prayer, writing time. How much time to y’all give yourself. Have a wonderful day.
Usually about an hour for me as well, depending on the day, the meditation, and how much or little I end up journaling!
I give it about an hour.
My morning rituals vary, but not much. An hour twenty, to an hour forty. Thank you.
As recovering workaholic i have spent the last 5 years teaching myself to slow down. Day by day to the point that i’m quite good at it. Now that Trent has passed and my kids are kickstarting their own lives Im trying to find a new gear to give me a bit more drive. I don’t want to move fast again, but i’d like to increase the energy i put into my days. Of course, slowing down is a constant journey. And I’m a true believer in it’s treasures.
I just read from David Kessler “don’t move faster than your heart is ready for ” . My husband also recently passed. I am floundering. So this statement confirmed that I am ok and don’t need to have all the answers right now.
Pretty much carved in stone,
dear Carly,
are my visits here and one other place
in the mornings,
after cats and husband are fed,
and in the evenings,
sometimes with a few stops in between.
My weakest place
is making time to read,
but when I do,
it is usually regarding meditation,
things relating to the spiritual journey,
and prayer.
That’s my skeleton Practice. ♥
I try to notice when I am unnecessarily rushing to get tasks done. I take a moment to let out a big sigh and just be still, for a moment. “You don’t have to hurry, you don’t have to race. You can slow down”. This tends to help shake off the urgency I carry in and go about my day with a bit more ease.
Physiological sighs are really great! They really help us pause and slow down.
The truth,
I think,
dear Jenifer,
is that we don’t get things done any faster or better
by racing through them. ♥
The faster I go, the behinder I get.
Exactamundo 🙂
I try to take “slow down” time and space sometime every day with devotionals, Bible reading, gratitude or other journaling, light movie watching, playing outside with my dog. I would like to make time for meditative walking. Just have to find the right kind of meditations for that…
I create space for quiet first thing in the morning. Sipping my coffee, reading scripture & meditating gets my day off to a good start.
I try to make time in the afternoon for a walk which clears my head & the endorphins puts a smile on my face. 😊
♥️🕊️
I feel as if I made time and space to slow down just recently with visits to my sister-in-law and then my sister and her husband. Both have homes where it’s very easy to relax, sit, read or chat, whatever suits the mood of the moment.
My morning routine is adjusting as I added the task of writing morning pages, following a practice from The Daily Artist’s Way. That isn’t really a slow-down space, though. It’s added another time demand and made me feel a bit more pressed to fit things in before starting my work day.
My weekends and evenings are usually my slowdown time. I’ve added some classes to my routine for the next few weeks so I lost some slowdown time at home. The classes are their own kind of pause, though. Tuesday night is intro to drawing, tonight I go to a bookmaking class that will run for a few weeks. Engaging my hands and creativity is a wonderful change from looking at a computer screen and fitting in yet another meeting or project.
Come spring gardening will add another slowdown space, while also creating the pressure of having more things I have to get done in time to fit with our growing season.
This question is making me think of taking a long weekend retreat somewhere one of these days. Or just finding a cabin in the woods and going there with good food and books to keep me company. That would be a wonderful recharge/refresh.
Right now is the only time . I’m so grateful to the universe that is allowing me to create my whole life around the meditation method of letting go. I can see that I have a lot of what we call minds which are little more than thoughts. I see my mind that is very attached to doing . I’m a human – Being not a human doing . It’s easy for me to run around with my agenda, go getter mind and accomplish something. I’m learning now that a lot of this is me running on habits and habit energy.
I am not my habit energy and I actually push myself out of not wanting to be present to whatever is coming up . Sometimes the hungers ghost mind is so strong- but now I am learning to sit and face the darkness or the inferiority minds and trust the universe. So stopping and looking is so grateful. It makes me be present and able to go with the universe mind. Bit by bit and bay steps of letting go humbly surrendering. Thank you for the the opportunity to reflect .
I join with you in highlighting morning as a time to create space. I do my gratitude practices and slow down a bit.
The morning is my time for quiet. It sets my day.
I create space for reflection, right here in the morning with my coffee. I also create small moments throughout the day. For me, it’s all about coming back to the present. Catching myself re living, re litigating, re hashing the past. The first part is awareness and the second part is putting my practices into action.
“For me, it’s all about coming back to the present.”
That is a given,
dear Charlie,
and I practice that all day. ♥
I as well.
Yes Charlie ! Action – so nice to reflect and change – let it all go. Thanks again for your kindness yesterday. 🙏😊