Mini 07

Note: Here’s the second self-care article about staying fit for this cosmic journey we’re on (the first one was about isometrics). The little technique below can help you tune into the light for protection against the darkness. (As mentioned earlier, Earth is entering some of the lightest and darkest of times. Love and truth are streaming with greater intensity into our world from finer realms, while hate and falsehood bubble up more and more from the shadow.)

For centuries, mystics in the Far East have called the heart “the seat of the soul.”  The soul is our long-neglected personal connection to the brilliant source that fills the cosmos with vitality, truth, and goodness. This heart-meditation technique can help restore and strengthen that connection.

Tips:

• How easy is it? Well, it involves moving your self-awareness from the head to the chest, so it depends on how willing your brain is to “let go.” The brain churns thoughts and feelings for the carnal body. The heart brings stillness of spirit.
• How effective is it? That depends on how often you practice the technique and for how long. A few minutes a day is a good start, just to get a feel. Then, follow your inner voice.
• What will you experience first? Once your mind is fully present in the chest, you’ll find inner peace and deep, steady breathing, as your idle brain gets a well-deserved rest.
• How long does it take to get there? Again, depending on your busy brain and how much time and effort you apply to the technique, it could take a few minutes or a few days or longer (weeks?… months?) to feel fully self-aware in the area of the heart.
• What could you experience ultimately? After years of dedicated practice, you might find a state of prolonged peace and a profound sense of oneness with the cosmos. Complete detachment from worldly dramas. A time of miracles. Meanwhile…
• There are so many rewards along the way! Sharper mental focus, better sleep, calmer emotions, greater self-awareness, less stress, less depression, and a greater sense of overall well-being are some of the benefits of doing meditative techniques like this regularly. The more you do it, the greater the rewards.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

So, let’s try it. While sitting or lying comfortably with eyes closed, start moving your awareness from the head to the chest while breathing in. Then anchor it there by thinking a silent, soul-stirring word or sound while breathing out. Do that we each breath: Go from the head to the chest on the in-breath, then set the anchor on the out-breath. Over and over….

Once your awareness—your self—is clearly in the chest (no longer in the head)… you’re there! At that point, simply relax and enjoy the stillness until the brain wakes up (a few seconds?… a few minutes?…) Finally, enjoy the oneness with its profound peace that comes from the source.

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