Treating Yourself To Solitude
Activities that normally stimulate you can leave you feeling exhausted on some days. In the company of many people, you may find yourself retreating into unoccupied corners and taking pains to avoid conversing with others.
Try to find a peaceful and pleasant place where you can reflect and relax without being interrupted by people or by pressing obligations. This can be a wonderful time to take a personal day and indulge in those healthful and restful activities that bring you pleasure.
When we see solitude for the treat it is, we can feel positive about the time we spend enjoying the pleasures of our own company. People frequently fear being alone because they equate solitude with loneliness and isolation. However, when we make the choice to spend time apart from our fellow human beings, the solitude can be quite illuminating as it affords us a wonderful opportunity to learn about ourselves and our individual needs. We can explore the deepest reaches of our souls without making judgements or endeavouring to change ourselves.
Meditation to heal a crisis
This is a good practice for when you are crossing a dire situation. Look for a quiet place where you will not be disturbed. Sit or stand, whichever you prefer. Inhale deeply, hold your breath for 3 seconds, then exhale slowly; repeat three times.
Sense a bubble forming around you, watch it developing around you, try to give it some colour, a colour that brings you comfort. When the bubble is complete, fill it with the love that others feel for you, call these energies forth, your power animal / totem, beings of light, and you may place universal energies in the bubble too.
When the bubble is filled to capacity, it is then time to inhale all the love into each and every one of your cells. Gather lots of love inside you, as it is vital to human life.
It is through this love that we reach the core of our selves, feel yourself releasing to spirit the crisis that is choking you, feel the comforting sensation of releasing this burden.
Continue to breathe inside the bubble, feeling warm and safe as if you were in the maternal womb. Allow your self to remain thus for a few minutes.
When you are ready, breathe in deeply and breathe out softly. Open your eyes.
In times of need
When we encounter a person in need, we may want to give them something as a way of helping them, but if we give it without also taking a moment to look the person in the eye, making authentic contact, we rob them of the experience of being human.
Being in a position of need leaves people feeling vulnerable, the greatest gift we can give is to meet the person without judgement and with the awareness that we are not superior simply because we are not currently in that position. All began life in need of care and attention, and many of us end life in the same way. Giving and receiving are companion energies that take turns throughout our lives, and we all get a chance to be on both sides of the exchange from time to time.
When we are in the position of giver, we honour those we are helping when we remember the many people who have helped us. Then we can look the person in the eye, aware that we are making contact with a human being who is our equal.
Universal Love
We move through life surrounded by an unflappable aura of compassion when we recognize that all human beings, no matter what state of evolution they are in, are deserving of our love. While we need not support the choices and behaviours of individuals who have not yet reached our level of consciousness, we can support them in their pursuit of growth by sending them light rather than burdening them with the weight of our judgements.
This type of altruism ensures that we can foster a sense of sightless charity in our individual environments. All we come into contact with then become beneficiaries of our kindness, and our own hearts will be lightened by the spirit of care suffusing our existence.
The love you generously grant others will help you promote a culture of compassion wherever you go.
