Mindfulness
In life we act and react and for the most part think no more about it.
When you
contemplate your relationships not only with other people but equally as
important the relationship with yourself you will start to realise that there
are so many times that could have gone a different way and could bring you to a
different place. It’s easy for us to say ‘Yes but they said this’ or ‘Well they
did that’ and it’s maybe more comfortable to think that someone else should
take responsibility, after all that lets us off the hook then doesn’t it? Another term for taking responsibility is
known as Mindfulness. It has it’s popular foundation in the Buddhist tradition
although you could look to many other schools of thought and healing paths
where you will find this concept and even earth religions such as paganism with
it’s three fold law of understanding that what you give out comes back to you
threefold. It is common sense spoken of
with different words but comes back to the same thing, RESPONSIBILITY.
To take responsibility
you first have to understand how you are acting and reacting, how your thoughts
and emotions are the creations of your experience. You know, how likely do you think it would be for someone who is
continually cursing the world to experience joy and pleasure of being in their
moment? Probably not likely and so someone like that would probably be looking
for things like ‘winning the lottery’ ‘a great achievement’ or someone ‘happy
and vibrant’ coming into their lives to change that. Hmm is that starting to
sound a bit familiar? Well it’s not so unusual to be thinking and feeling like
this. People are looking forward to the next moment many times in the hope that
it will be better than the one they are currently in, and in doing so miss the
point of the now. How can you expect to create a better moment from this one if
you don’t want to even stay in this one? To become more tolerant and accepting
of the now means you can create a better tomorrow, all happiness comes from
being happy with today. People say where does time go? and don’t wish your life
away, those sayings are only too true. We are experts at planning and
looking forward and we are habitual reminiscers that look back and long for or
wish things were how they were and in doing these two things well where’s
today?
And so to become mindful you must learn to focus, to stay in the moment you are in and be accepting of it, whatever it brings. Sometimes it may bring something that feels uncomfortable but to allow that instead of trying to run from it can do wonders. We spend a lot of time running from that which pains us and yet to really allow a pain, whether physical, mental or emotional to really bring up exactly what is there, to really feel what’s there, to really express what we fear can often times release long held energy that knows no other way to manifest. The next time you feel angry or sad, or frustrated, really let it surface let it be as powerful as it can be and ask what’s really there, what does it really mean to me? Sometimes we have emotions, thoughts or memories that have been stored away and haven’t been given a voice. Next time you feel something you don’t want to deal with, try to give it a voice, write it, shout it, say it, cry it, dance it whatever but don’t deny it. Don’t run to the next moment trying to avoid it and hide it away. Become mindful let yourself be, and allow yourself to speak. Remember continual flow is the key to healing. Our inability sometimes to just allow this causes our dis-ease.
Written By: Natalie Gray 2005
Ideas of Healing
It appears that frequently people now want more insight into whats happening to their mind, body and emotions, instead of relying on taking medications as the only option. To treat one, is to affect the others. Therefore it makes sense to understand that whatever we do to affect one aspect of ourselves, will in turn affect the other aspects. The holistic approach to mindy body and spirit is fast growing into an accepted way of approaching our health and wellbeing.
Strengthening the body and helping it heal itself, is one of the best things we can do to promote good health because our bodies are capable of amazing changes naturally, and given the right understanding and attention can lead to a happier and more healthy state. It is as well to look at preventative measures along side alternative and current. In my opinion, short term useage of pharmoceuticals may be neccesary but for instance, if you had an arm injury you would rest and put it up in a sling and not use it for a short time to aid the healing process. This could be likened to taking medication for something, but in a lot of cases the medication carries on for years and sometimes indefinately! Would you keep your arm in a sling forever after injuring it? Maybe alternatives such as a good diet plan, eating organic, getting plenty of air away from built up or poluted areas, emotional, cognitive and complementary therapies can be of great help alongside our already vastly available medical treatments.
I know this can seem a very simplistic view and there are many complex situations, severe pain, life threatening conditions, but with a change in attutide a shift can be made in the way we look at illness and dis-ease. Notice im using the trunkated way of spelling disease? DIS... EASE. Going back then to the top of this article, when we are imbalanced we can very easily become dis-eased. Finding where our imbalances are can give a good insight into what may be deeper underlying causes of physical, mental or emotional problems.
A more fulfilling existance comes from a more fulfilling life. Don't be afraid to find what it is that truely fulfills you!
Written by: Natalie Gray 2005
Disclaimer: This article is written as an expression of my personal opinion and experience. It is not meant to disparage the use or worth of medical intervention.
Awakening the Heart
The process of awakening the heart is a journey of releasing and letting go all pain and suffering that you have allowed to build up into a casing of protecion around your heart. It is about becoming vulnerable and open again as you were when just a child. This state of being in flow and allowing your emotions to come and go and not holding on to preserve the self creates freedom.
This beautiful process although somtimes painful, will clear a space to allow the love you are inside to flow through you. We are all part of the source, we are all made from divine energy, there are no exeptions, however things may look from a 3D perspective. 3D is concerned with polarity, right and wrong, good and bad and judgement. As you open your heart, you will learn empathy, tolerance, understanding and non-judgement.
In peace
Creation
How many of us have looked around at our lives and thought 'Why is this happening, or I didnt deserve that'. Well if we look at ourselves and our environment as energy, we start to see that if everything is frequency then we are in a sea of frequencies. And what is it then that creates what we currently see and experience? What makes situations what they are? Well our own frequency depends on our karmic codes or 'patterns' that have been brought with us in this lifetime. This will be carried in our genetics, creating our beliefs, our thoughts and our patterns of behaviour.
Because much like a magnet these all produce a particular force and so depending on the state of these factors will determine our experience of reality. If our inner world is full of fear then we will see and focus on fear in our external world, and may draw towards us situations that ask us to deal with fear, hence 'why did that happen to me?' Its not about deserving bad things or good things, its as much about our perceptions about ourselves and our place in reality. If we were able to turn up our core thoughts (not what do I need for dinner tonight!! LOL) so they could consciously be heard by us, we would soon become aware of how a very critical, judging voice tends to permeate alot of what we do, causing us to negate our true potential.
Through meditation, this can fairly easily be accessed and I think you would be suprised at how many core beliefs and perceptions you might have which are not supporting you but are actually hindering your happiness and comfort in this life.
So when you next hear someone saying that old cliche, 'Look on the brightside' you may be more inclined to realise how powerful this ability is in raising your own frequency
Written By: Natalie Gray 2006
What were you thinking?..................
At every moment we are thinking. Whether we are aware or not our actions are always preceded by our thoughts, the type that either support us or undermine us. Most people continue to act and react to their environment in an unconscious way, completely unaware that not only is their outer reality created by their inner thoughts and beliefs, but that also the people in it are also doing the same. This creates a massively complex web or 'matrix' of thought perceptions that create the energy of what we believe and perceive to be 'real'
Many people tend to see the world in very simplistic terms, as made up of 'those that get a good deal' and 'those that dont'. Also there are those that believe strongly in the presence of an all powerful God and they tend to see people as either being punished or rewarded. The word God evokes mixed perceptions and responses in many people, me included! However it is that each one of us understands the force known as God, it isn't a punishment and reward system but more a choice of interaction, put across in a neat analogy in 'The Power of Kabbalah' :
'If you stick your finger in a wall socket, it is illogical to say that the electricity punished you, or that on a hot day you switch on the air-conditioning and the electricity is rewarding you, rather how you interact with this force determines whether you experience pain or pleasure' - Yehuda Berg
Written By: Natalie Gray 2005