I watched the documentary
Becoming last night
Michelle Obama’s new book
She inspires me
Her drive to keep on going
In spite of the push back she’s received
Every person she meets
She asks what brings you joy
Riding on her inspiration
Within a millisecond
Of a moment I ask myself
What brings me joy?
If I imagine I live
In an energy world
With no forms
Only color energy
I would see children
And four-legged beings
As bright colors
Moving bouncing exploring
I would see houses bursting
With color
where the love congregates
brought together by the pandemic
I would see gardens and
Natural surroundings
Lit up with an iridescence
That just glows
And in this fantasy
I look down below me
On the ground
Imagining the earth
Energy is changing as
We live our daily lives
There’s much mending going on
Forces of color are blending
With each other
Rejoining from separation long ago
There’s a hum of change
On the surface under our feet
In our breath
we can feel the vibration
Most all humans aren’t
Aware of the change
Much like an ice cube tray
Full of water in the freezer
We don’t watch the change,
though know it’s happening
water changing into crystals
as we trust the cubes will become
I saw the movement last night
While standing in my living room
Not fully understanding
And knowing it’s good
It’s mending
It’s recognizing
It’s reconnecting
The pause button is still active
By the very force of nature
We are witnessing Mother Earth
Taking charge
Realigning
Reconnecting
Repairing
Resetting
There is hope
For however you define
the power of the universe
Changes are afoot
There are the green shoots of spring
Sprouting up through the darkness
Those struggling and passing
See color more vividly beyond the veil
Those helping with their many skills
See bright colors in
The love and appreciation
expressed to them
Those unwilling to see the color
They will at some point
When they recognize love in their heart
And get beyond the pain they hold center
Spring time is not only spring time
It is a rebirthing of Mother Earth
Into a new world of color
Doubts will rise with fear
as we see the bleakness
Of the human spirit
Wounds continue to be revealed
And we fall into darkness
And every time we choose
To remember
We can find ourselves
Using love we hold in our hearts
Love in our choices
Love in our gut
Love in our actions
Love in our physical bodies
Love in our minds
Love
PARTICIPANTS’ REFLECTIONS:
Today in the meditation my mind was full of violent thoughts. I’ve always had a deep fear of physical attack and danger. They are only thoughts, and I’m giving them space. I worked to come back to center.
I used to live like that, fear of rape, on being attacked. What helped me is to make a sign with the affirmation “I am safe”. You worked at coming back to center. It is fear derailing you.
Fear and anxiety manifests in many different ways & times. I can relate. I’m trying to cradle myself in my arms of loving kindness, and work on my balcony garden.
I focused on the question “what brings you joy”. I have a tool to get my mind off fear. I focused on what brings me joy. Looking at the sky in spring which is so beautiful, maybe because of the new buds against it. I’m an artist, I sketched yesterday, the blue sky, the billowing clouds. I saw birds, a redwing blackbird. These are gifts. Videos on my new grandniece crack me up. If you look for miracles, you get them. If you look for the other, get it. Joy lifts energy
I felt joy during the reading and felt my body expanding. A friend’s blog was profound this morning. This reading was profound. It’s like this new normal is bringing out profundity as we face our authentic core of being. It’s our choice to be there or be in some entertainment land.
Reassuring to see I have trust in self to let go of fear. I took a walk in the woods yesterday and saw a black racer snake. Some might fear it, but I experienced joy. It was an enormous symbol of transformation. Huge joy. I am grateful for this group of contemplators. Many people in my life are not like that.
Yesterday was so hard for me, today I am ok. This is the ebb and flow of life. In the documentary, Michelle Obama says how she had to put on a calm face on leaving the White House; when she was in Air Force One leaving, she sobbed for 30 minutes. She had had to face so much. We all have the fear and vulnerability. We can change our perceptions. We are building trust in ourselves that we can change our perception.
During the meditation, I experienced the colors you talked about. I saw colors around my friends, one had dark colors around her. I’m going to call her. Yesterday, I took a contemplating hike. The sky was so clear, probably from the lack of pollution
Someone holds up a sign he just made. “I am safe and loved.”
Making signs work. It gives the mind an affirmation that becomes subliminal. After a while, we don’t consciously see the sign, but we are seeing it nevertheless.