Day 234 - A Year to Clear - Lesson 234: Flip the Switch

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Lesson 234: Lesson 234: Flip the Switch

We spend a lot of our time doing tasks throughout our day – from remembering to wash the dishes, deciding what to eat for lunch, sitting all day at the computer working, worrying about finances, thinking about what we look good in… the lists go on and on. If you stop for a moment and clear your mind for a moment, that’s welcoming in stillness. Stillness is just a step or “switch” away. Can it be that easy though? Can we just flip a switch and be instantly still? What do you think you need to do to achieve this stillness on a day to day basis?

When I get overwhelmed, I personally close my eyes and start to breathe. I think this is my stillness that I require to just calm things down. There are days where I stay home and do nothing, as in literally don’t think about anything and watch a senseless show so I’m not over working my brain – this is also how I achieve stillness. Being around my friends actually help me find stillness. Even though I may be doing an activity with them, it actually takes me away from my own worries, so to me that’s achieving stillness in another way. Another form of stillness is practising meditation. This blocks out any outside noise and allows you to dispel the negative of the day and replenish in silence. I believe meditation to be such a life saver in that regard. And one final one off the top of my head is listening to music. Not doing anything but chilling to music or dancing to it as a form of letting go, allows me not to think and be still in the music.

I think achieving stillness requires awareness to bring it in. What do you think?

Day 234 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - For Some People...

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Lesson 234: For Some People...

Spiritual awakening is your unique journey. There are times when it can be overwhelming as you start to shift from a life that once was, to a life that is. We move from passage of pain to compassion and now we are currently moving into connection. We are opening our hearts in new ways. Today we are to think about how our heart has unfolded in the past year and in the past few weeks, how has your connection expanded?

I personally have learned a whole great deal in the past year. The most important lesson I have learned is that a world exists outside this little bubble we create around ourselves. Not saying that I was a selfish person, it’s more like I’m aware of me and those around me. Everyone has a story, everyone has a journey, everyone has their own internal struggles.

I have learned to be forgiving towards myself. I’m like the worst person at recognising that I am human and I make mistakes…. And that’s okay! I think I was so hard on myself because I liked everything being perfect but perfectionism is just an illusion. It’s okay for me to break down, it’s okay for me to have an off day, it’s okay to say the wrong thing sometimes (if I don’t know any better). I am just as human as anyone else and I have opened myself to learning the lesson rather than beat myself up over things.

Another thing that I am working on is to practise pure love. It’s so challenging. I think what I am learning is that I am practising more patience and tolerance of people. Understanding that each individual may have a back story to why they get angry over small things, or why they panic in straight forward situations or why everyone has their little quirks towards different situations. I come from a place of non-judgement and am always trying to take on a different perspective to accommodate others.

In the past few weeks, I’ve gone through and had a reconfirmation that we are all One and all energy combined. I always worry that I won’t find the right people that I truly connect with but they will come exactly when they are meant to. Establishing that people are closer than I think, has helped me in the past few weeks. I have established some great connections along the way and there are more to come.