A Little Space to Listen

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abundance, listening, listening to the body, listening to the heart, quiet, quiet heart, quiet mind, quieting the heart, quieting the mind, space, time and space

If I could share my secrets with you, I would do so. Yet these secrets I understand are not mine to tell. These whispers are there for all of us; every being that shares this earth. As a matter of fact, infinite wisdom is available to anyone and any being should they choose to quiet the mind in order to hear what the energies of the world have to say. 

What seems like magic to some is in fact truly science yet to be understood by a mind full of individual need. When there is no space in mind, there is no room for new. It’s awfully difficult to welcome change when there is no space for change to occur. 

This can often be seen in the training of the body as well. When we miss the opportunity to find space within our body, we miss the greatest chance we have to open up from within in order to truly understand how miraculous our elegant body can perform. Instead we force, manipulate and violently demand from our body what is not functionally supportive of a body in the act of healing and congruent with a body in the state of movement wellness.

The through line here is the need and craving for space, both physically and energetically, to be able to function from the voice of the heart and the breath of quietude. Both the body and the mind need space and time to quietly open us up to listen with the fullness of our being. 

Is it possible for you to press open time to slow the mind and to sit with yourself? Small moments strung together create larger moments and create greater energy. Slowly and deliberately our choices become actions that allow deeper connections and deeper listening. 

It is possible to listen even when living within the chaos. It is possible to listen even when we are within pain. It is possible to be at our lowest point and still make the decision to be, to still and to listen. These in fact difficult times are often the greatest gift we could ever be given. Perhaps we could see these moments as a map for the bridge of transformation spoken only in the ways we so stubbornly cling to in order to move us to a place where we finally let go and give ourselves over to those whispers of time. 

Welcome space and time into small moments of your life on a daily basis and the secrets you crave will be lovingly shared. This abundance is yours just as it is every living thing. 

Every Now and Then

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Conscious Living, quiet, quiet heart, quiet mind, quiet reflection, quieting the heart, quieting the mind, relinquishing

There are times when I slip into a silent space falling into a void of uncertainty and unknowing. My mind wonders about choices, paths and stories lost to the past. Although I am present, the open space begins to fill with questions. 

During these days I do my best to simply breathe and be ever more present without judgement or guilt. I can’t possibly know if the choices were right or wrong. I can’t see the end of the path nor rewrite stories lost. All I can do is just breathe the moment and relinquish my body to this space. 

Perhaps this is a symptom of again and something everyone experiences along the way of maturity and growth. Perhaps it is a good thing that there is this reflective time often experienced with tears. Perhaps this is the recalibration of energy and emotion to allow a moment and space for a new beginning. 

So I move through the motions of the day with conscious movement and breath in order to find my grounding and sense of anchoring during what feels like a downpour of unknowing. Sensing and listening through my feet seems to be the only way to make sense of it all. 

Sense of the insensible.

Centering to Sing My Eternity

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acceptance, allowing, Balance, becoming, beleif, Believing, beyond now, bliss, centering, change, choice, choosing, contemplate, Courageous Vulnerability, eternity, meditative, opening the heart, quiet, this moment, what was, what will be

It is a day of centering. A day of seizing a most appropriate placement of oneself at the heart of time and space. With 182 days ahead of us and 182 days behind, we sit in between what was and what will be.

In this moment it would be wise to reflect on our actions of the past so we might look ahead with a little more clarity for a lot more compassion. This is the time to let go of our mistakes and missed opportunity welcoming all possibility and transformation.

What we decide today will be the energy of thought that will manifest into our reality. What we focus on today will script the story for what is to come in the next 182 days. Will we choose justice and equality? Will we choose love and compassion? Will we choose change and transformation? Better yet, what will I choose?

I choose to be a warrior of my choices choosing to march towards the betterment of humanity. I am deciding today to be a stone dropped into the chaotic waters of our culture in order to allow for the ripples of my actions to clear the immediate energy and injustices around me. This choice will not only effect the coming 182, but for my next 365 and beyond.

I have many choices to make today. There is great power and opportunity on this day. I will pause on many occasions today to make decisions on what will be my future and the future of those I love around me. I will release myself from my past shedding the weight of what was while opening my heart to what will be. Centering my spirit to free the open spaces ahead in order to live better than I did yesterday. Quiet in this moment, I prepare to sing my eternity.

One Listening at a Time

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allowing, breath, breathe, listening, patience, quiet, revealed, within

I believe that life revealed itself within

Perhaps I must breathe quietly and look once again

I do not know if this will be a time for change or a time for acceptance

Honestly, the appropriate thing will be revealed once more

Hush of Morning

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abundance, allowing, anticipation, expectation, fragile, open heart, patience, prosperity, quiet, simple thought, simplicity, soft heart, space

I sit on a fragile branch
Perched in anticipation
Quietly and patiently

In this moment there is no expectation
Continuing to believe
Abundance is just the other side of shadow

To quiet the mind while sitting
softening the heart
Prosperity fills the space that is allowed

A Meander in Peace

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alone, anonymous, becoming, Believing, discovery, inspiration, introvert, journey, Paris, peace, quiet, silence, spirit, walk

When I wander the streets of a foreign country I always feel at peace. This is mostly due to the anonymity of being in a place where you don’t speak their language and they don’t, for the most part, speak yours. I love to meander the streets and listen. I know not what they are saying, or pick up fragments, but non of it really matters. I am there to experience and to absorb. I watch for all intense and purposes and simply become a fly on a wall of international happenings. 

I love this because I am able to wander and become lost in a culture that just assumes I am one of them and then I am allowed to just be. Even if people approach me and start speaking to me, I am always quickly left alone when I share that I do not know their language. Or, if I do understand, I swiftly acknowledge them and answer their question. This happened at the train station here in Paris and some Americans asked me if they were on the correct train in French and I answered them without acknowledging I knew what they were saying after they stood in line behind me. 

Such a pleasure in given space to walk in a land where you observe and become part of the culture simply by existing in it. The joy of getting lost in a foreign land and permitted to simply just be and do. How glorious a luxury is that for an introvert. Walking through your day without the bother of a question or pull of conversation. The joy of anonymity and space. The joy of travel.

The Need for Silence Now

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belief, faithless, hope, light, listening, listening to the heart, losing faith, losing hope, Needing silence, quiet, Searching for dreams, Soul to Soul, spirit, stillness

There is a deep need for silence, an aching for a calm. As the world spins ever so faster while time seems to shrink, the noise of confusion and the clouds of uncertainty, seem to drown out the light of hope. We have shackled ourselves with others dreams and become lost with their burdens. . We allow what was created for good, to strangle the very breath of our being. We live in a lie while pretending to be free.

 

 

Our navigation systems are no longer working and our compass for humanity is no longer sending us in the right direction. We have the devil whispering desires into our ears while simultaneously watching a society and culture grasp in desperation for ways of satiating shriveled souls. There is darkness inside the spirit as the light continues to dim with each passing day.

 

We no longer listen to the voices of light within. We have turned our hearts away from what is true for ourselves in exchange for what a society is preaching. We are no longer capable of making decisions for the self that allow our individual souls to sing. What materially drives societal goals has squelched the magical vibrations of the true nature of reality.

 

My heart aches as young people turn away from their dreams. I weep as I see children struggle with what their hearts tell them to be true versus what the TV demands them to believe. We are no longer at the wheel driving our destiny; we have released our fate to the faithless.

Travel Challenge on the way to Rome

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challenge, courage, delays, faith, quiet, simplicity, travel, trip

Ironically, shortly after my most recent post, Adventure in Traveling, I now sit awaiting a departure for Rome. As I sit here we are 50 minutes behind schedule for electrical reasons in the cabin. And still, I sit quietly. Quietly reading and taking in this time that the luxury of patience affords.

One detail I would like to share is that in this stillness u began to read a most wonderful book that seems to be reaching out and cupping my heart. Would we be in the air I would not be sharing with you my joy and or have read deeply into its spine.

The book in my lap is “Finding Inner Courage” by Mark Nepo. So far the book seems to be touching the very soul of what I need to be reading at this juncture in my life and is reinforcing all that I am learning and absorbing on my research leave this far. If you get a chance, check it out. Especially if your feeling the need for a good heartfelt and compassionate read.

Anyway, this little bit of stolen time, correction, given time is truly something to be grateful for. Thank you again journey for opening time, the heart, and a voice to reinforce my thoughts.