Musings on a Tuesday

Is it just me, or is this aging thing a real trip?


I did not focus on my parents' aging process- mostly I lived across the country- but whoa, now I understand how I could have tried to help them more.


That's the way of it, though.  Until you are the age they were, you don't fully get it.  That's true of every age, I guess.


When you have children, you get to see the whole process, and also to view your own childhood through different eyes.


Consciousness is painful sometimes, with joy mixed in.


"It's the way it is set up."


Probably true.  Must just re-invent yourself with each new awakening, suck it up, be grateful and look forward, trying to be truly loving along the way.


Acknowledge, clear, re-invent and live forward!


( And for God(dess)'s sake, quite wallowing!  (My friend and I say this to each other when it's necessary,  here I am saying it to myself!)) Lol-


Many blessings and Happy Holidays- Lia

Global Healing Meditation

This is what we did the other night-


Begin to breathe, letting go of your day. Take a few deep breaths, clearing away tension.  Release.  In your own time, naturally let your breathing slow til you are breathing in a relaxed way.


To breathe is to be alive- to bring in life force energy.  Breathing reflects the breathing of the whole universe as it expands and contracts.  Breathing is "the breath of God."  Now, as you breathe, align your breath with the breath of God and Goddess, the breath of the universe.Take some time.


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 Bring your attention to your heart.  Your heartbeat is the very sound of life.  Remember seeing your baby's heartbeat on the sonogram?  Then you knew you truly carried a new life.


Go deeply into your heartbeat and the rhythm of the universe.  Know you are alive.


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Align your heart with the heartbeat of the Great Mother. Allow yourself to rest upon Her, feeling her heartbeat, for She holds you here.


Now, easily, gently, align your heartbeat with everyone else's in this room.  This entrainment has probably already occurred, just realize it.


Open your seventh chakra at the top of your head and begin to  fill with Light.  Meditating with Light is seeing and working with the light of Divine Energy.  Let the light heal the sore, beat-up places, the empty places, the places filled with doubt and sadness.  Let the Light enter your bloodstream, healing your cells and strengthening their functions.


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Allow even more llight to come through your seventh chakra.  Visualize a large cup or chalice in the middle of the circle.  Channel light down to your heart chakra.  Now, send it into the cup in the center of the circle.  Fill the chalice with Llight to overflowing until it spills over the rim.


Let this healing Light flow over the brim to cover the whole Earth.


Let it be like a balm to all people, entering their hearts, quelling their fear. Fill it again and let it calm Mother Earth, for she is always affected by the emotions man.


And now the light in the center of the circle has become very beautiful.  The cup fades and in its place you sense a Presence.


It is the Presence of Peace.


Place what needs to be healed in this Holy Light. People of all countries,  relationships between countries, world leaders, the grieving, the land  itself, the animals. Place anyone you know who needs healing in the Light.  After a while, people and situations will show up, walking through the light.  Take some time to hold the energy, with help from above, for this to occur.


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Do you feel other groups like this one coming together around the world?  See all these circles of peace and healing connected like a web of light all over the globe. Strengthen these lines of Light.


Feel the heartbeat of all the people in the world who want peace.  Align your heart with theirs.  Begin to send this feeling out as a beacon of llight and higher consciousness, and a hope that we can  provide a loving world for our children and grandchildren.


Begin to feel a sense of peace in your heart, a peace that permeates all your bodies, mental, physical, emotional and Spiritual.


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It is time to close our circle now.  Thank all our helpers, seen and unseen who graced us with their energy tonight.


Namaste-  Lia

Farewell for a while and other thoughts

The last meditation I wrote for the blog is one I am doing everyday (releasing the past, and the future, blessing them both, and resting in the present). Everyone talks of being in the now but I need a process to get there.


This one is just working for me at this time, and causing positive changes in my body and my life.


If you scroll through these meditations, and find one that speaks to  you, do it for a week, or a month.  Then move on to another one or to something else.  Everyone has their own timing on these things, since everyone is at a different stage.


But above all, listen to yourself about what feels right for you.


We were talking about this in class the other day.


I was telling them to beware of teachers or groups who begin to tell them how to dress, what to eat, who can be their friends and what career to have.


Then, clever students that they are, said " But you are telling us what to do right now."  LOL.


I said, yes, you are right, ignore what I say, too!


If you want a teacher, find one.  If you want a group, join one.  If it is on your path, it will probably teach you something.  There are stages in a group that I have noticed.  Infatuation, excitement, creativity, then disenchantment,leading to eventual dissolving of the group.  It is like a band-  beautiful music for a while, but they always break up.  But the experience can be worth it.


I am just saying- Believe no one.  Believe everyone.  The Truth is Out There.( silly x-files reference).  But not really, it is within you. And in your relationship to God, to the world, to your family and to yourself.  You are your own authority and everyone has a direct path to their own truth.


I hope these processes continue to be helpful to people- to relax, to help them find a little peace within themselves, to see beauty in the world.


So I will not post  quite as often for awhile.  I need to record some of the newer meditations, maybe look for a way to publish them in book form.


Blessings going out to you all,  Lia


P.S.


I have to say, alot of methods and forms of study are great, but if you are ever feeling really wobbly, go to a licensed therapist and consider what they have to say, then integrate it into your other practices.  Namaste~

New Meditation for Autumn

For this one, lie down on the floor in savasana pose, as if you are at the end of a yoga session and are relaxing.


Breathe, and start to release the recent past, and, as you go, the further past.


Feel where your body is making contact with the floor.  Breathe into your heels, and release.  Breathe into your calves, and release.
The back of your knees, your thighs, and release.  Now breathe into your shoulders and release.  Your upper arms, elbows, lower arms, hands and release.


Go back to the base of your spine, breathe and release.  Your lower back, middle back, between your shoulder blades. Work your way all the way up your spine and release from every vertebrae.  Now your neck, your jaw and your head.


You may see people or situations come up as you do this, just watch them appear in your mind, bless them and let them go.


Take a deep breath and completely release your past.  Now breathe and release your future, also blessing it.


You are now resting between your past and your future.


Breathe,and float there awhile. Just neutral, relaxed.
Floating but supported, no agenda.


Be here awhile.


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 Visualize your light body hovering above you.  See it as  your perfect body- all cells functioning perfectly- all systems working well.


Gently bring your light body into your body lying on the floor.


Let it float in.  See how it fits your body, filling all the way to your toes and fingertips,  all the way along your spine, filling all organs, muscles, every space.


Open to health, vitality, perfect function.  Be here awhile.


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Let the light bring you the new energy of autumn- crisp, light, spicy.


Energy that is yours to use, to create the future you want, bringing joy into the making of it.


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Now, wiggle your fingers and toes, take a deep breath, and as you stand up, stretch and open your arms to receive this blessing from the universe.   Namaste- Lia

Clearing Tension

Do you feel tense?  Think about it-  when we do, it means we are holding on to things we don't need.


After the tension-provoking incident is over, the tenseness becomes a habit and we oftentimes are unaware we are holding it in our bodies.


So today, lets work on releasing that tension.


Visualize your tension as a clamp or vise around the issues you are dealing with.


Begin with the area around your feet and legs. Release the tension and watch it go flying away.  Wiggle your legs and feet- better, yes?


Now go to your first chakra at the base of your spine,  unclamp the clamp, watch it dissolve and the tenseness fly away.


Second chakra, the same, third chakra, do the same.  Soften the belly area after releasing here.


Heart chakra, take a breath and release the clamp on the outbreath.
Uncramp your heart.


Go to the throat and release, continuing to the shoulder area and down the arms and hands. Turn your neck slowly from side to side.


Now focus on your jaw, which is like a vise and holds alot of our unconscious tension.


Relax the jaw, let your teeth unclench, soften your tongue and mouth, letting them be loose.  Breath through your nose.


Now the forehead- unfurrow your brow, let the area around your eyes smooth out- breathe.


The seventh chakra above your head has probably been blocked by all the tension throughout your body. Clear away any blocks to your Higher Self energy. Whew! That feels better.


Breathe, breathe, breathe!


Let the energy flow into your body from the crown. Let it be a  deeply healing  lavender energy.  Soothe all those places we just released from.  They feel a little beat up, don't they?


Let the purple- pink come in and completely heal your body and aura.  Take some time with this. Open to receiving this comfort in all your cells.


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 When you are ready, change the purple-pink to a strong rose gold color.  Breathe, let it fill all areas of your body, becoming very vibrant, fortifying your mind and body as you step back into your world today.


Hope this helped- Namaste, Lia

For Becky

I lost a best friend a few weeks ago.


Luckily, she had called me, then I called her, then she called me.  We said " I love you" and " I love you, too." The last time she called, I did not call her back - I was busy with a wedding.


The doctors told her she had three to four years left, which we talked about.  We both thought that was so, but then everything sped up.


We had grown apart over the years, but as children we were very close.  That spirit is the one I miss.  Playful, funny, goofy and tortured at times by her sensitivity- I understood that-


NOW of course I wish I could have looked beyond the differences in our later lives and connected sooner.


Bless this soul that passed out of this world. I hope the angels are welcoming her.  She had great friends and fun at times in her life.  We all have the pictures to prove it!  These are a comfort.


So, if you are thinking about looking up a good friend from your past to chat with, just do it.  You never know how long you have to talk in the here and now.


And have fun doing it- Becky would have wanted you to.

Depression - we don't want to be there!

If you are battling serious depression, you probably need to see a therapist,and perhaps a nutritionist, and maybe get on meds.


However, we all go into a mild depression from time to time and here are some ways that I have found to help me work my way out of it.


Get to a place that has natural light.  Spend lots of time outside.


Exercise, walk the dog, go to the gym, even if you don't feel like it.


Throw stuff away- de-clutter a bit.


Get into another reality- a good book, a movie, etc.


Talk to people when you are out doing errands.


Write down your plan for the day, or week, or year,- figure out what your goals are.


Plan a trip.


Take on a home improvement project.


Join a book group or take a class.


Volunteer to help someone else.


Do some kind of artwork.


Cry, laugh, breathe.


Treat yourself to a favorite food or shop for something for yourself.


Meditate, particularly using the clean-out techniques at the beginning of each meditation.  Then open to new energy to guide you forward.


Keep doing all of the above.


Good luck and I am sure you have additional techniques of your own-  we don't want to be there!  So, til next time- Lia