RIP Matriarchy EGALITARIAN RISES. .

Over the past few months especially with the Presidential Election of 2016 approaching fast I have been engaged in some very intriguing conversations about our structured society, and matrimonial, and patrimonial way of viewing our world.  . One of which, just happens to be about the difference between matriarchy and patriarchy. Two of our sisters I will use as subjects simply by our society standards for this article. Hillary Clinton is a perfect poster of the evil matriarch(female, women) this is not true she is just an evil person, has nothing to do with her being a woman. Elizabeth Warren now she is in the "other" category which I would take as a compliment.She knows of the persecution of that title and all that it will bring. (matriarch).  Of course just stick any of the "good ole boys white club in the other ring.

The one resounding echo was "Women in charge and enslaving men". I am speechless and that is hard to do. While I expected the counter parts of the male gender to sputter out this nonsense it hit me hard to hear my sisters tell the same tale. I retreated back to my office and felt the need to clear the air and set the record straight, or as straight as our experiences have clearly defined.

ma·tri·ar·chy
ˈmātrēˌärkē/Submit
noun
a system of society or government ruled by a woman or women.
a form of social organization in which descent and relationship are reckoned through the female line.
the state of being an older, powerful woman in a family or group.
"she cherished a dream of matriarchy—catered to by grandchildren"

I purpose a different viewpoint if I may, a reassurance of offering what a matriarch was defined pre-contact America's. Sisters hear and read this well, this is how we rise and how we also fall walking behind in the shadow's.

Matriarchy is a term used to describe a society different or in the "other" category. The label derived from the early European hierarchical patriarchy This mostly entailed the church and religious motives along with a superior unjust inequality. . It often applied to any society that did not conform to what was defined as 'civilized". Basically, what this meant was that any society where women were considered equal to their men counterparts the Europeans automatically viewed the culture as "other or uncivilized" and subjugated it in the most brutal and and forceful ways possible.(The religion sector became the dominant patriarch building block.  Don't really see a difference today? The simple truth is these societies posed a threat then and still do today,to the hierarchical patriarch type of system and the European invaders views of how the world should be.

Take a look at the definition I posted above the first one is the only one people see, not sure why perhaps because it is the first, or the most negative of the three listed. I am going to ask you now, to return to that section and take a good look at the second and third definitions and hold those in your mind for the next part of the article. Let's get down to the nitty gritty of what is truth, and what is myth. I also say, remember this too, words don't teach but experiences do. While digesting the words from the definitions I ask you to recognize the grace, the dignity, and soulful purpose of those statements. After all, the matriarch represents women which is the feminine energy, and patriarch the men which in turn is the masculine energy, which by the way we all have a 50/50 shot of containing both, while some tip either way on the scale. Sisters take this as a spiritual movement a circle of all the energy that has been passed down over centuries, and now let's remember and awaken.

Let's introduce a new word a word that the First Nations People (the ones post pre-contact Americas
they held a society know as a" egalitarian.." They relied on constant consensus and basic cooperation for their basic survival. Which in today's world is still the level at which we live. (wages being a prime example) They worked together to solve societal problems and they firmly believed in society safety nets..Can we say the same? It also helped that they shared everything in the community. This is not even considered today.

Many first nations followed the adage you might never know one's father, (brutal times), but you always knew one's mother, grandmother, and elder woman. This also stemmed from a belief of the these people that human sexuality was not a threat to society. Women were just as free to pursue their sexuality as men.Gender, and gender identity, sex, and sexual orientation were not stigmatized by these First Nation people. In other words, if a person who happened to be a women was a better hunter and warrior than gatherer (which required a high level of plant recognition)and weaver, she was not only allowed but highly praised to achieve and excel to use her skills as a hunter and warrior for the balance of the community. The same logic applies to the men of the society. Both are accepted for their strengths not their gender.

The matriarchy of the First Nations were highly dependent upon equal rights for every member of that society, sharing the power amongst all members of the given society.  Sisters what has happened to our spirits our truest essence of our birthright.? Sharing the wealth was considered in the best interest of the egalitarian society for it kept harmony which brings balance of members which also meant strong opposition to inhumane treatment. Basic birthrights; air, water, food, shelter, etc, were just not a consideration.


So now I see how these conversations take a turn and end up in some off the wall realm between what is word, and what is experience. I truly see why in this day and age why so many hierarchical patriarchs and monarchs, and democracies, women, men, feel the heebejeebees over the word Matriarch...I stand today, as the leading woman in my linage, my family, my community of sisters, I see a new horizon, new awakenings, a powerful surge of energy growing and expanding perhaps the First Nation's Peoples are not so lost and forgotten, perhaps they merely have quieted until we rise once more. Yes, I will be the one that when the conversations move to the realm of matriarch, I shall claim EGALITARIAN as the crowd hushes and ignorance bleeds silence, perhaps then a true conversation shall emerge.

My sisters be strong, be free, but most of all FLY to the truest energy that we are...We were born of the same, by the same, and for the same of all energies in this universe.
Peace

Intergrading Meditation Into Drug and Alcohol Centers.

Drug & Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers Today

Over the years the industry of Drug and Alcohol Treatment has grown to enormous numbers it is also projected to grow by 31% from 2012 to 2022. Speaking from experience of twenty four years in Recovery the spiritual side of the program has become watered down with a very narrow viewpoint for the 21st century. The rehabilitation center I came out of(1992) was old school mostly medical and emotional with very little attention to the holistic and spiritual side from the get go. Yes, prayer is implemented from the first hour of entrance and yet so much is left untouched. Thank goodness for AA meetings and sponsors.
 Addiction no matter what the ism is, boils down to dis-ease with oneself, hence the phrase it is a disease. The facts  are that most addicts come broken and lost, empty and feeling apart from not a part of the world.  A pattern of bad habits, bad choices, and well the spiral continues to the rock bottom point.  

The industry today is big business, from the courts, to the centers. to the sober living houses, long gone are the half-way houses of old. This is the 21st century and while it has kept up with the medical and psychological sides, it lacks still on the holistically spiritual side which is truly having the individual tune into his or her body, mind, and spirit as a center of three. This century has brought forth the holistic concepts of homeopathy, holistic healing, Reiki, EFT tapping, Yoga, Herbs and natural organic eating, energy and sound therapy, and my favorite Meditation just to name a few that have really come to the forefront of awakening and tuning into our truest selves. 

When entering a rehabilitation center, most people are at their lowest in all three centers, body, mind, and spirit. This is the point to which many if these were implemented at the beginning of the journey it would allow old habits to be quickly countered with new healthy loving habits and also create a earlier practice motive. Early recovery demands early methods of meditations. 

How Meditation Helps Recovering Alcoholics

However, at the root of every meditative practice is a quest for detachment or inner calm. In this sense, meditation fits nicely with recovering alcoholics’ central goals, i.e. establishing distance between themselves and their desire to drink.

It’s this psychic distance between wanting to have a drink and actually doing so that is so useful to recovering alcoholics. When students enroll in meditation classes, either through an alcohol rehabilitation clinic or an independent meditation schools, they learn to view their own impulses from a third-person perspective. In so doing, there’s a potential to cultivate peace and contentedness without resorting to alcohol or substance abuse.

Relation to Rehab

Many alcohol and drug addiction treatment programs have included meditation in their overall treatment plan. It’s not used in place of other therapies.  Instead, it provides powerful additional support for addicts in recovery. Part of the value of meditation is that those in treatment can practice it even after the initial recovery period is complete.  This makes meditation a valuable tool they can use to stay sober for the rest of their lives.

Research supporting Meditation for Addiction

A growing body of research supports meditation as an effective addiction recovery technique. For example, one study found that recovering intravenous drug users felt meditation was one of the best therapy tools to help them overcome their addiction [1]. Researchers who examined incarcerated substance abusers found that those who were taught how to meditate had lower levels of relapse and more positive outcomes after release than those who received only conventional recovery treatments [2].

Research suggests that meditation also helps people with alcoholism and drug addiction when it’s incorporated into a practice that includes physical exercise. For instance, yoga sessions that include meditation have been shown to be an effective part of addiction recovery [3]. In another study, recently-abstinent cocaine addicts who learned Qigong, a Chinese practice that incorporates meditative techniques, reported fewer cravings and other addiction-related symptoms than those who received a placebo treatment [4].

Meditation is not only for the spiritual

With all the talk about higher powers and Buddhist or Vedic meditation, a person couldn’t be blamed for assuming that meditation as a part of alcohol rehabilitation is a specifically spiritual endeavor. While it’s true that the world’s best known traditions of meditation all have a spiritual bent, there are just as many secular takes on meditation as an act of mindfulness rather than prayer.

What is Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

“…mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), brings together the latest understandings of modem science and forms of meditation that have been shown to be clinically effective within mainstream medicine and psychology.”

- Mark Williams,The Mindful Way through Depression

Since this sort of thinking circumvents any talk of faith or otherworldly intervention, it gives scientists a chance to have an empirical look at the benefits that meditation can play in addiction recovery. One study conducted by the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Wisconsin found that mindfulness meditation can play a role in preventing relapse.

Dr Aleksandra Zgierska coordinated the study, and she says the practice of mindfulness as a means of staving off cravings is nothing new – it’s just that most of the evidence of its effectiveness was anecdotal until recently. Now, backed by clinical research, meditation as an alcohol rehabilitation tool is garnering mainstream attention.

To integrate this holistic healing and many of the others into mainstream  rehabilitation centers would only prove to add one more useful tool on the road of recovery. To be so archaic in this Dawn of Aquarius Time seems to be counter productive to the generations walking out of today's center's without every tool possible to their complete recovery and cure of this dis-ease. 

HOCUS POCUS FOCUS!!!!!!!!!

There are defining points that occur or have at least for me. I get the most of the lessons, and visions, and definitely the signs of things contrasting and expanding. I have always seen them in a pattern sense of knowing. I see patterns and am good at looking at them to find what is actually true. Take a Kaleidoscope and when first glancing at the piece through the glass you see a magnificent placement  of lines, and angles, and shapes and colors all vibrating at their own purpose and combining all these elements you get a glimpse of extraordinary a bliss of unexplainable geometry. It's captivates us at that point, and we stop there seeing only the surface of the patterns. I know, stay with me, though follow the pattern of the writing and it will lead you to well....that's the ending and I won't blow it now.

I began with one digital art piece I created long ago, it now was the maze of kaleidoscope that would bring me one step closer to my source, the source, our collective source but also it opened a new dimension of vibrations I have never known, a new level of knowing perhaps, these are all very sloppy words to convoy a feeling that in truth now words can adequately describe. As, I stared at the design I felt a leaving a expanding of my seeing it was as though it was a liquid I could easily move and slide back in and out again, it was amazing. There among the BIG PATTERN, the tiniest of kaleidoscopes appeared one after another in perfect timing and they lined up perfectly to what I call the spiral connection of life the vibrations that connects each of us to the source of all beginnings and endings. There I sat, dazed and hypnotized by this rhythm and movement. It required so much focus and openness to all matter, vibrations, heartbeats you get the idea. So after about an hour of this intense wild viewing and just being devoured in the beauty I began to appreciate every single line, angle, color, and in turn it brought more and more to the surface for me to take in and feel so so many vibrations of everything.

As the day went on so did the kaleidoscope of my perception and focus, it was sheer magic I saw micro mini patterns in big macro moments when everything was hustling and bustling I moved slower, yet swifter, with ease and peace. I stopped and took a breath and in a instant, something came in and somehow it started to contract pulling out of sight and touch..I again stopped and took notice, it was my vibration which had changed the pattern not the art of the image it continued in it's vibration leading it's purpose it never lost it's focus or changed it's feeling it simply does what it does because it is natural and connected to a source of all things. It accepts this. I needed to learn this, as this is the next level in my kaleidoscope journey. I felt a downward decline in my vibration and it sunk low and slowed way down, in the moment I stopped to breath, I soothed my feeling of lowness and started to raise it slowly with focus, and good thoughts, memories, reminding myself there is great love for me here, things are always working out for me, and you know what I got back to that place again. I am vibrating on the inner most level of the sources kaleidoscope of this life, to stop and smell the roses cause they are pretty fucking awesome. Appreciate everything that comes and goes for it really was meant just for you and one for me..it is the natural design.

I finally closed down the day, I called this the HOCUS POCUS FOCUS meditation, lesson, call it what you need to but I will use it everyday, every moment it is a magical place to be. I am happy to be back and you know I write just for me and you, I don't care about views, or page hits, or advertising monies. I write this to share and really just have a voice somewhere in this legacy of social media and internet epitaphs. I write for us dear sisters, so I can put it out there and rise to the sisterhood of this moment.

NIGHT OUT WITH THE GALS....I'M A VIRGIN.

The feminine energy is soaring in my vortex tight now. I really am digging it, but also am realizing too how I separated from that energy long ago, you know when the youth in you told you lies and society pitted us against each other. I was raised with so much feminine energy strong, and powerful, some would even say magical. I never gave it a second thought, that it was going to change.

As time went by, and I started out on my journey, I found that the energy I was raised with was a rarity (as I look back right now in this moment). back then, I felt it hindered me made me different that is the illusion I was trained to believe. Being different, was not a good thing. Better to fit in the box, than be outside it. I retreated from my sisters and their energy, for all I kept getting pounded with was it's a competition we are all OUT TO GET EACH OTHER. This boggled my mind, and didn't really feel right, but I lost in the moment of wanting to fit in succumbed to the whole bag of lies.

Back to today, short little background as to the full essence of all vibrations come full circle. My birthday is on the 19th of March and usually I celebrate it with my whole family, my kiddos and others but definitely both energies moving.  This is the universe is making a strong strong point with my on the feminine energy as well as connecting me with all my sisters. It turns out that this Thursday, night for the first time ever in my fifty one years of celebrating this one will be with just the females. We will be heading out to a place called the THE SWEET SPOT. Now, this didn't start out that way, we all were looking for something to do we looked and looked and then this little number came up on one of our social sites. We invited everyone of course but something in the air or the energy must have screamed with female energy and all that was left was me , my two beautiful daughters, and some very close friends will be heading out.

Now this must sound very strange coming from me as most of these posts are strongly related to the rising of sisterhood, so what better way for me to truly walk the walk and talk the talk. I look forward to the adventure and bonding we will have for those moments. I will have a wonderful story to tell either way and after all isn't that what makes rising of the sisterhood so special as we all get a little lifted by each of the stories, and also the words help but in the end it is the experiences that make it all worth while.

FULL MOON SICKNESS...HEALING TIME

The final full moon of winter has begun. She was magnificent last night. I have been out of the loop or the vortex for a few posts. It all started with a small cold and has morphed into a deep rooted chest infection. The heart chakra and solar plexus chakra. Fits perfectly as to why these two chakra's got hit that is my most vulnerable spots physically, emotionally, spiritually.  Now I am the type of person that has always related my physical illness to yes basic germs invading my body and infecting it that is a normal and natural process for which my body easily responds with joy and excitement to go to work and start healing after all that is the purpose and pleasure of this human form. The body will heal, to the best of it's capabilities, there in lies the true magic of what is to follow. I also believe in the contrast of that as my emotional state will reflect my physical health..I know I hope I will explain it below.

When the body is at it's best is when I am at my best. When I am in the groove which is almost all the time I love my body and have always had mad respect for it's amazing powers and it's ability to maintain me in this place and time. Then something comes down the river of life and shifts my boat, tips it, rocks it, and then my focus drifts to the circumstances of my environment or event. This is where it turns a little out there, so now that I am in it so to speak I start to let my body health take a hit, a small one mind you, I am still aware so I think OK I can spare a little unhealthiness to do this over here. Soon, it snowballs and my focus has now completely left the field of healing and good vibes and feeling good.

Now, my body has taken in germs, natural and normal germs that most days my body can easily and painlessly heal. Germs are on the attack and because I left the vibration of healing and focusing and mindfulness of everyday feel good healing thoughts I devoted to my body, and now I am really feeling the illness. It has struck and dug in deep. My chest, my lower back, my mouth, so many areas are now showing the signs of my neglect both in the physical action of taking care of my body, but the most IMPORTANT thing is my vibration of happy, healthy, and joy have been lowered so far down that it hinders the body from a productive, positive, and timely healing. My feelings start the process then my thoughts come in and mount up based on my feelings or emotions then from there all that is left is the manifestation of what the other two started.The end result in this case was a deep rooted emotional state that lingered in my heart and solar plexus areas and it took a huge toll on my physical well being, now I am at the bottom of it and my illness combined have taken a hit, I have quickly readjusted my vibration.  My body needs my feelings to support it's health, my body requires my mind to sync with my feelings(spirit, essence,) so that it can carry on it's purpose of giving me a healthy, joyful, happy, and peaceful, life.

 It is all a spiral cycle each one linking to the next and if I am not careful I a may end up with a chain of rusty sick links that will always keep me ill...Feeling and focus is the constant state I choose it keeps my vibration closer to source the vortex of all existence. Feelings hold the key to all vibrations in this human form, focused on those is the key to a raising in vibration a lowering in vibration. I find that when my vibration is high no matter what, even if I have to act like it ain't...so to speak I feel the vibration rising and that is always a good thing.

Peace love and light. Hope you all made it through the winter season with health, warmth, good purging, cleaning up the past, cleaning your emotional grid, filling it with something different , fill in all those gaps, what will you fill it with???

Spring is abound..Birthing, and new life is ahead.

5 MINUTE DEDICATION...PAUSE FOR THE THOUGHT

Second snow day here my sisters sure many of you are wondering if the sun will ever shine again. Warmth be felt from the inside out, or out moving inward. These times, often bring me to heavy thinking and that is sometimes not always healthy. Being kept in so to speak somehow confines us or the illusion of it, so what do we do we retreat? A SNOW DAY..

I have been flawless in this happening over the past forty eight hours. The currant situation I find myself journeying right now is a vortex of possibilities with an endless chaotic spiraling ending this mixture like the weather has left a little gloom and grey. Grey being so many shades of what is going and my thoughts and brain are in overdrive. Between keeping my vibration up, and staying in the NOW, I speak of this often, and flowing with the churning spirals of what is coming to pass or end, or maybe just dwindle from my line of sight only to see it once more somewhere down the river, due to vibrations I manifest any one of these are a possible universal happening in the making. I feel this and that is the closest I can come to our human language on explaining that particular event.

I am linked by two aspects "FEELING" and THINKING" for me what I feel is the zero line, from that point on it is on a course of it's own. It is my purposeful make-up. I feel therefore I think. Some think therefore they feel. Two parts of a whole. It is the balance that I struggle huh how funny, balance is no struggle, yet I state it clearly that it is. You see what just happened I felt then I thought then I wrote, now it is done. It turned out negatively.

I started really feeling what I was thinking to try and flip the script, it was a mad rush of all sorts of emotions and it really was exhausting keeping up with the thought process it seems endless, like the proverbial dog chasing his tail, and never once caught then what?  The energy I used up and really ended up with virtually nothing positive just confusion and chaos.  I for the first time realized how empty my thoughts are to flood and then vanish without a trace, they really are hauntingly dangerous and yet so inviting. When I feel first then think, this normally works for me, but it often fails of late as the trust in my inner self has been dampened and walled out, the ego through the mind the human in me let GO...it merely obliged my actions. I am sorry for this meaning it is damaging to ME no one else.

Every thought and feeling has a purpose in it's moment. It is all relative. So here is the dilemma, I bask in the moments of good feelings and positive thoughts they empower me if only for a second, wait for it, then the pendulum swings back, right that's just the way it goes. Yin and Yang so to speak. So yup here they come for me one of the biggest is a relationship issue, is it over? is it a lady in waiting by the universe? is it still a going on? each of these are a web of tangled thoughts and feelings that really right now have no relevance to my NOW. They still creep in and bam I am stuck trying not to hit by the dang pendulum.

I tried a little something I heard in a Abraham Hicks video: A five minute dedication and notice the use of the kind word dedication. Something you will invest and commit to willingly. Pause for the thought kinda of action. I set an alarm clock for 5 MINUTES, I started thinking and then feeling some guilt over this relationship I refer too and it started with great news about my other half his health him paying attention once again and gaining strength, well then it shifted to ME, I thought about how I abandoned the situation too soon? Did I loose faith in US? then it moved again not just questions now answers started to come and as it all went down so did my energy and feelings changed they darkened and were no longer empowering but rather damaging. I was about half way through the five minutes and still it came, go back to TN you can do better this time, you can handle his stuff and yours pick him back up put things right for him...oh that pattern grew and grew and then I noticed how small I felt, like I was disappearing or becoming invisible. The bell went off thank goodness. I felt it all took another fifteen minutes or so to write this out and let it stew for a bit, really understand and release what is not meant to be in the NOW> This is clearly not a fix right NOW situation.

The day progressed and each one of these little thoughts and feelings that broke my spiritual connection, I stopped and paid homage
to them, dedicated all of me in that moment to what is happening. Pausing to allow that thought it's time for it will pass make no mistake. Now, I would love to say it all ended well, but nope I had the same thoughts rinse, and repeat and each time I kindly acknowledged them but had to ask them to leave for I already dedicated the time to them in their moment and NOW is not theirs. It really amazed me how the chattering, the committee in my head slowly  began diminishing yet I know they will rise once more, so it the way of the pendulum of thought and feelings, or feelings and thoughts either way it all leads to the same NOW the same simple truth...All that we are arises from our thoughts. Keep them POSITIVE but never berate the negative it is the balance one needs to continue to progress.

RISING IN THE FEMALE DIVINE

Sisters today, was the mark of new dawning a new awakening it started about a week ago, with this incredible understanding that everything is mutable. Adapting and mutating, some more than others but that is a story for another day.

I"m  mutable soul, I change instantly, and a chameleon is my craft. I don't do well in chaos, but make no mistake, I will take every ounce of it and create something bountiful, and somehow I will own it. Pisces is a double take on the mutable aspect, water sign and the mutable sign. I don't really think I need to say more. Those of you who are one know, and those of you who ever tangled with a fish knows what a powerful sign we are.

Today, running my usual ritual of daily rounds, this statically charged energy came over me, it was so filled with strength and power and little hesitation. It flowed through poems and verse, it flowed in every little post I made. After it left, as quickly as it ROSE, it extinguished to ash. I read over each one starting at the top: Here they are with a little bit of what I got out of this whole experience of not knowing what lie hidden deep within.

POST 1

This one represented one of the moments when my relationship of which is no longer present popped up and bite me, I didn't see it coming. I felt the rise as I thumbed through, and found that even now try as do, it still is a wound that is healing, pusses out from time to time but it is a release, infection, poison, must all purge.

POST 2

The 50 Shades of Grey really?????? What's with all the hysteria, I find it quite offensive. IMAO.

Now this one who knows where it stemmed from but it hit a chord. It was a voice inside that needed to be out into the world. Nothing more than my years of being on this planet and experiences that have lead perhaps to a less that positive vibe in society. Perhaps the inner sister in me just doesn't see the need for such dis-ease...Give me a penthouse and I can give you better erotica. IMAO. So I had a little social conscious moment and collective thought for my future sisters and the world they will endure.

POST 3

 A moment from my past slipped in a love so grand it still holds my memories hostage, and most of the time I like it. It also spoke of a NOW that is trapped between what was and what it?? A person who I know will ever reading upon this will realize how much this applied to me for you. And then I thought of my all the loved ones that past and each of them had a some very sentence in our scripts and each one was one of those people to me. 

POST 4

True love had it pure and sweet years passed and yet time told me it was just seconds since you came into my life.Then I had to say goodbye, it took my breath away, but our time is done.

Someone walks in, a spark is struck, a light ignites, is it love again???? I am now leery, for perhaps I have loved and been loved enough, and all the others and in-between were nothing more than other's love they needed from me. 

I walk away, empty once more, I think I shall nevermore ask for one more love, it pains me so it means I have to bleed again, it's just to beautiful to watch the blood you drew, I am too tired to stop it, let it bleed and drain it all away, 

I am the one now who holds the seconds in my hand,was it ever true love, did I miss a step? and as you watch the light go out, and all the blood turn blue, it would have been nice if you held my hand, and whispered goodbye, 

But to say nothing, and leave it all undone, by damn I think I might have to haunt your ass for that is what memory you left me a hauntingly bloody, unfinished love affair. 

draft pla2015 work in progress revisions update soon.

This just flowed as soon as the page was blank. It worked it's way to my throat and a lump got in the way, it flowed with beautiful darkness, and gifted chaos, it was a moment of not being here, or there, it was as if I merged with ink, as my blood, paper my bones, and from all else I don't know. I get that way sometimes, it is a gift? or a curse? Either way I love it when surges and rises from nowhere to somewhere and no I don't know why? This is the best I can describe when I am inside me. 

POST 5

This was just for me right now to remind myself that everything is in it's place for NOW< a work in progress> I don't presume to know the outcome but I damn sure gonna get the most of this ride. I seem to pay a heavy a toll, but glancing back no regrets a lot of remorse...price to pay for living a life on life's terms. It uplifted me and brought me a new smile, a new taste in my mouth, I'm getting through all in all just fine. I feel an attitude of TIME TO RISE> 

POST 6

By this post I was aware of all the levels I had gone, in just a few ordinary hours and minutes but each in their second was a star, they were the center of my NOW..is life that way too? This one is by far my favorite and I think I will stand alone for awhile, you see it describes me and my thoughts to a T. Just read this through and go back and start this post again and see how my fantasy carries my soul. SO this RISING IS MY FEMALE DIVINE, she has things to say, and do, shift and shape, move with chaos, and explode when the surge of all the little pieces of mess that we are sometimes, all measured up and a step back approach, it is a a RISING RISING do not let it be shut down. I see I am but one second at a time, and it doesn't matter what you see, it matters what I FEEL>>>For that is what my journey requires, and it is most times painstakingly  beautiful, a treasure of darkness all wrapped in a magnificent glow of light it's all ME..... 

I will post these for a few days, as I am intrigued now by what patterns I will see, and explore, how I can grasp what truly goes on inside this spiritual human existence..the results should be revealing. 

My SHOW N TELL> 

NO NO NO ...Is What We Feel YES Is What We Say?

Women what is wrong with saying NO? We always seem to have defend the simple decision to not doing something. It is a learned behavior as it is not instinct to feel one way and act another or respond against the natural grain. So why do we do it?

Studies show that about 75% of women have a difficult time saying NO. It even extended to telling little white lies. The key reasoning behind this is that the simple fact is people want to stay connected to other people even in the worst unhealthy ways.We don't want to reject people, We don't want people to think poorly of us, so what we really are doing is managing what others think of us??? What? A vicious cycle of never ending guilt-ridden, embarrassment, awkwardness in the that moment when someone asks the NO question. In that one instance we don't fully understand the emotional intensity of our feelings and emotional tension. Most the time the pressure is to great and we give in with a yes.

The truth is NO is liberating and it is a necessary tool in maintaining balance and harmony in one's life, be it the mind, body or spirit. All that giving in and sacrificing for others illusions takes a toll on every aspect of our human condition. The desire to stay connected to others, means disconnecting with our selves in most cases. So the first thing one must do truly be in tune with oneself and know when to deviate from social graces, and self sacrifices to understand that saying NO is a viable option.

Here are four  times one should stop and quiet and the inner desire to please others and instead listen to makes you happy. PERIOD!!!!!!!

NEED A LITTLE SPACE - Skip some social outings like Happy hour, or girls night out, perhaps one is engaged in many hobbies and classes and social meetings. Let one or two go, it will not fall apart if one does not show up. One is not the indispensable.

FEELING PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED- Take the night or day off. Shift your priorities from the  routine get out of the same old same old and follow your FEELINGS> that GUT INSTINCT.

CAN ONE HEAR ONES' THOUGHTS- CREATE YOUR "CAVE" "SANCTUARY"- When one's thoughts are jumbled and taking control or out of control the best thing to do is RETREAT that is a calming and soothing word or at least it should be. It is not meant to be shameful or cowardly but enlightening as to understand that ONE NEEDS PEACE AND QUIET. Escape with a good book, a favorite TV show. perhaps a meditation to relieve stress, and quiet the mind.

NOT IN THE MOOD-JUST SAY NO- When one says no somehow there needs to be circumstantial reason behind the answer. Justification on the part of the one who is saying NO. There is only one true agenda and that is the agenda we have with ourselves. find your comfort zone and relax. Give yourself permission to stay NO without explanation or justification just a simple graceful No thank you, maybe next time.

Now these are very simple and easy times to take notice it is a good beginning to practice the art of saying NO. We live in a 24/7 world with lists, and chores, obligations, and on and on and while it all needs to be handled and taken care of to the one's best ability, it is also so very important to realize that one's self is the most important consideration and obligation to handle in the moment of the 24/7 hustle and bustle.

Take a test see how many times it comes up in a 24 period of you wanting to say NO, but you said yes you might just be surprised at how YES YES YES comes out way more than NO.

Namste my world tribe.

DIET DO OR DIE..

Sisters, today was an interesting day spent with sisters of all ages ranging from 18 to 60 and in the conversations we had one topic kept coming up over and over again. DIET? 

This sisters cringes at the very thought of the word. I see the first three letters spell DIE and wonder how in the world that even  sounds inviting? Everything is balance, it does not matter what, or where, when, or how, or why it all equals balance to be free in spirit, mind, and body. The universe in all it;s magical wonder when creating this magical space we call home, it created all that our bodies would need to sustain us in a natural living order of life. Every plant, animal and insect provides the balance to us all surviving on this planet. One wonders does the dragonfly wonder about getting to fat? Or does the bird worry about under arm flab? How about the elephant does it wonder if it's bone structure is wrong to big? Then how about the fish do they concern themselves with bloating or being in the right size of gills? The correct answer is NO.  If there is any concern or thought at all it is merely about survival and maintaining it's natural course. 

We are the only species that somehow equates weight and bone structure to vanity. Humans carry a huge amount of what the image should be whether it is sustainable or not is irrelevant to most. The conversation continued and as the voices and discussion carried on, ringing out was how we as women describe ourselves, portray ourselves, we do more damage than any outside interventions. 

My voice rang out, I could not take it any longer, define the word diet? In one roaring answer it was to lose weight because they had gained to much. Oh wow! Now, the journey was beginning,  

di·et¹

ˈdīə

noun

1. 1. 

   the kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eats.

   "a vegetarian diet"

   synonyms:

   selection of food, food, foodstuffs;
2. 2. 

   a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons.

   "I'm going on a diet"

verb

1. 1. 

   restrict oneself to small amounts or special kinds of food in order to lose weight.

   "it's difficult to diet"

   synonyms:

   be on a diet, eat sparingly;

   
   

   Are these truly accurate? The conversation changed once again, we maintained the word did have it's value, We didn't agree on the perspective of the word. As the conversation took on a path of at first it was a constant you against me thing, I needed to be right, and you needed to be right, and then it went to actively changing  someone's beliefs or thoughts to line up with theirs. The gazing upon this from a distant as an observer was stunningly real. Watching the dynamics of the energies whirl, and twirl, and change like the sudden on set of a storm or the dead silence of suddenly being in the dark. It leveled out, over about an hour so, We exchanged these final thoughts, we all were interested in maintaining our best health and too look as best we can. Now that second part, shifted a bit different personalities and beliefs often defined it differently. Then came the really interesting part, all the ways we came up with as a collective together: all our ideas and came out, they were amazing, and funny, interesting, new, and some even a little odd. Discussion included raw organic food, juicing wonders, we talked of high protein and fresh foods, finding and funding our local suppliers in the area, we even started a EATING THE DIET GROUP on Saturday;s we are traveling all over the area for local farmers markets, and herbs, raw, milk, etc, along with that we are all hanging out at the local yoga free classes. WE all came together to decide we would eat everything naturally as possible we would never deprive out bodies, our minds, or souls, of what we need and sometimes just crave. We honored each other in acknowledging that we falter wave back n forth, and it is OK because or general intentions are always to honor the true self and the natural order of balance through trial and error. 

   
   

   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   Now the second part of our little gal chat was about what is acceptable and how much is enough?Then it  started the whole cycle again just as above, and all of sudden it came clear this is how a collective works.We understood that the elephant serves a purpose and that is what is required to exist.We understood that the bird required all that it's arms provided to fly. We began to breath clear in our own gills and understand we have come this far with like minded people who are open and willing to delve into new territory, new ideas and figure life out together in a healthy and loving and supportive manner. The cycle in all it's chaos to splendid madness, right back to balance and center We found our balance our DIET NOT TO DIE. 

Years of Meditation ..summed up in 5 Minutes of Writing.

Sisters have you ever done something over and over through the years, practicing and honing a skill or a hobby something. then only to realize that after years of mastering or so the Ego says, we find when asked about it we can sum it all up in a 5 minute conversation.

" It's all relative" a lesson I have come to understand clearer and clearer with each passing event. Time is such a peculiar energy, we don't really know it's full scape of meaning yet we whirl it around as if we have MASTERED it somehow? Quite ironic. Is this something we use to our advantage or our illusion of having control? Or is it a part of the greater whole, the natural order and it merely simplifies the playing field so we may at least have a shot at grabbing a piece of the puzzle ?

Seventeen years of meditation, and using it daily right, wrong, up, down, whatever it took to just spend five minutes of quieting the mind. In time of matter, that's a lot of five minutes. The cosmos, perhaps sees it differently in ways our view just unable to grasp until it's TIME>> so many plays on the word, so many values of dimension is it all Relative??

So here is the best explanation on the theory of RELATIVITY in this sister's experience. " Grab a hot pan and a second can seem like an hour, Grab a hot woman and a hour can seem like a second".

There are about five things that cover this multiple years of wisdom, worth all of two cents on a good day, that one will probably finishing reading within the five minute conversation. Is it all relative?

1. No two meditations are the same. Different strokes for different folks but all us have the power with in us. Mindfulness is the point of the exercise how one gets there are many paths, breath, visual, guided, affirmation, mantra, all true paths. The point is to be in the present moment, without judgement and observer of the time passage.

2. Three essential values:
    Consistency, Interest, and Openness...

Stubborn and consistency fit very well together here use them as one word. Call it ones "never zero" approach. No matter what, practice everyday, even if for five minutes or minute if that is what is available. DO IT period.
Doesn't matter what is happening, bored, tired, angry, sick, BUSY, depressed. Just sit. This is the way ones brain gets wired into meditation it is a consistent connection.

Keep the energy alive. Make it a passion, a learning, value, but keep it going it will pay off.

3. Things will CHANGE:

Everything is temporary including your feelings and the state of matters as they appear. There it is as they appear in that MOMENT OF TIME, hold on now, it will slip to a new perspective very shortly, everything is in constant change, one's DNA changes every thirty seconds imagine every thirty seconds, one is changed completely by natural order and of course one's actions and mindset. Point of value, the mind is becoming FLEXIBLE> All changes are subject to choice by one person and so what the changes are is dependent on the individual. IT will change.

4. Buddha Wave

In the beginning it is stated that even five minutes is good, and it is however, like everything it has to continue to grow and strengthen. So it only makes sense to find the meditations that challenges one's own journey at any given time. The stronger the quieting of the mind is the better the results of one's life journey.
Focus on the breath. the value of it is underestimated by far, it is the one thing that is consistent in sustaining one's life-force as long as it is moving so are we. This is mindfulness, the body and mind states as one observes, and delves into making the experience grow and mature. Time is also used in the concept of expanding and contracting and in the end is that not what life really is. Contracting when things come together, and expanding as things fall apart. One's heart will follow the mind, and the mind will follow the body, so the spirit, soul, essence is free to guide.

5.I am not my MIND>

The one thing learned by this sister is that I am not my thoughts, and my thoughts are not me, and detachment is possible for whatever is going on inside or out I am free.  When one realizes that one is not their feelings or thoughts, is just another temporary consciousness inside going on. It will come, play, and stay awhile but it will pass, the attachment is what makes the difference. If there is no attachment to the situation or the event, then it will pass without harm. It is a choice however, at that moment to attach or not.

Years in meditation and it comes down to five minutes of conversation, and no matter what it focusing and openness allow one to make one's choices of a choice based on to act upon,  to make use of, or simply to let go of. This is true freedom, this is the essence of relativity. It is all relative in the movement and motion of time.

Love Light and Rise each day sweet sisters.

Chant the MANTRA..SSHHHoossshh the Mind.

The mind is a thinking machine, I often attribute it to being that of a shark. It hunts all the time, eats, moves, and never sleeps. Sound familiar. The minds purpose is simple, yet complex, hmm perfect balance I would guess. It's purpose is to create problems and solve those problems that's it. It was designed to only do that, at a caliber that most of us can never grasp. 

The mind is a marvel, think on that see what I did . It is almost by reflex that we go straight to the MIND. It is a conditioning of lots of practice over years of conforming. The mind does not care what the issue is , it can argue both sides, why it is to it's benefit it is fulfilling it's primary purpose. The problem with all that of course is it is a never ending cycle. It never stops. It requires the body to check and balance it, as one minor part of the greater whole. The body thankfully has a threshold of maximum capacity. When it has reached it's limit it shuts down by any means necessary. Self preservation kicks in, this is where we start this is the point in the midst of all this that we get to stop and see what else is missing. I talk of the warning signs, that one's body activates to let us know to stop and take a look. The mind is a weed, it will take over and break down everything in it's path IF LEFT TO IT'S OWN DEVICES. The heart and soul play the last of the four to create the perfect balance a complete check and balances. The heart controls feelings which will strongly affect the mind, emotions are very very powerful. The soul or essence of one being the unexplained by words, yet to deny it is to deny one's true self. This is the inner source of faith, bliss, and pure unconditional LOVE for oneself and thus the world tribe. It starts inward only to vibrate outwards and touch all that it passes through. 

How does one tame the mind? Good question, I would answer with practice and more practice, and just when one thinks they have it, nope practice it again. It is the journey of the practice that provides the learning, the growth, the strength, the one step closer to one's truest self. There one too will find their "primary purpose". Still working on it here, but after fifty one moon cycles it is so much clearer, all that practice is dose of zen so to speak. Let's talk Mind GAMES, nope let's change games to Minds full of PEACE and QUIET. 

Mantra's 
By accessing the power of speech through mantras, you can re-frame your thinking to purify negativity with love. Mantras are simple yet powerful phrases that are continuously recited in order to provide a healing, stabilizing effect on the mind. The repetitious quality of mantras yield the potential to open doors to achieving love, happiness and meaningful accomplishments

1. Everything ends.

When you are overwhelmed by anxiety or believe you are ‘stuck’ in a situation, you must remember that everything ends. Life is composed of cycles; every negative cycle must occur for a positive cycle to begin. Even our most frustrating, terrible cycles will come to an end. A difficult situation is not a permanent barrier to any kind of happiness.

2: I am enough.

Perfectionism is a major roadblock to incorporating love and happiness into your life. Take a moment each day to remind yourself that you are enough. Who has told you that you are ‘not good enough’? Will punishing yourself bring love and prosperity? As you recite this mantra, look at yourself in the mirror–be your own best supporter. This mantra should be repeated to counteract negative self-talk.

3.Let love be my guide.

There is nothing as holistic and cleansing as integrating love as a guiding energy into your life. Give into the divine will of the Universe by releasing all negative thinking; when your mind and heart have opened, you will see joy unfold before your eyes. As you recite this mantra, imagine a warm, pink light wrapping around your body like a blanket, drawing out all darkness from your auric field.

Emotion-cons???? Speak Loudly

We all know what burnout is. There are many categories under this title. Emotional burnout is the very heart and soul of most of the sisterhood on this planet. Go figure, it just seems the normal.We express them everywhere, wherever that little button lives we PUSH IT. What if just for one moment, we truly took a look at the definition of emotion, and do we really ever get to the core of it's existence to truly accept and start to the changes to heal.

Emotions control one's thinking, behavior, and actions. Emotions cause illness. Emotions also reflect in the physical body just as the body affects your feelings and thinking. Emotions that are not felt and released look at that sentence again, there are two parts, and one must follow the other. Balance and Cleansing.

What are Feelings and Emotions?

  John D. (Jack) Mayer says, “Emotions operate on many levels.  They have a physical aspect as well as a psychological aspect.  Emotions bridge thought, feeling, and action – they operate in every part of a person, they affect many aspects of a person, and the person affects many aspects of the emotions.

  Dr. Maurice Elias says, “Emotions are human beings’ warning systems as to what is really going on around them.  Emotions are our most reliable indicators of how things are going on in our lives.  Emotions help keep us on the right track by making sure that we are led by more than the mental/ intellectual faculties of thought, perception, reason, memory.

These are just examples of how people define the word. Interesting perspective on both takes.
One cannot control their emotions, it is an illusion. We must feel all them, positive and negative, and then must release them as they are only there in that moment. Everything is temporary including emotions. The energy in each of these "feelings" is a good indicator of exactly what is going on inside us. It is a wake-up alarm alerting one that there is something amiss. If one sits and feels and follows this energy of emotion it will truly take one to the core issue, patterns that have sustained all this time and what a load one has been carrying, but that is where the healing must begin.

Sisters they are so many signs to show just how repressed and deep those emotions go we must pay attention to our bodies and truly get to be comfortable with it's amazing engineering .

TOP FIVE SIGNS:

1. FATIGUE
2. Depression with no related cause.
3.Blowing up over minor incidents
4. Pretending something doesn't matter when it really does matter.
5. Lethargic "who cares" attitude.

How many hmm's got you wonder?

Ways to Identify the feelings?
1. Listen inner self's thoughts and dress
2. Nothing is too small of matter if it hurts it matters
3.Record for 2 months what makes you feel strongly.
4. Keep a journal of your dreams (they reveal a lot)
5. Positive emotions draw them in
6. Listen to the gentle whispers of your soul
7. Use your guides, universal divine, feminine divine, angels, magic.

RELEASING THEM TO THE UNIVERSE-HEALING BEGINS.
1.Speak one's truth- the core of the experience of the feeling.
2.Transmutting emotions- emotional meditation experience. Letting go through the breath different degrees of breathing based on emotion or feeling.
3.Releasing Resentments-even the tiniest will fester. Be thorough.
4.The power of prayer or offering
5. Meditation with heart of the Universe. Once you have relaxed, feel your heart, be with your heart.  Then go out into the Universe, and visit the stars and the spaces between the stars, until you find that sacred place, the Heart of the Universe.  Approach it slowly, respectfully and with humility.  Then ask that the love of the Universal Heart be more deeply connected with your heart, and that your heart be filled with the love of the Universe.  Stay with this for as long as you can.  Feel the love of this Universal Heart.  Once you feel your heart has received the love it needs at this time, thank the Universal Heart for sharing its love with you and slowly open your eyes and come back into the present moment.
We need to ask!

6. Shifting your perspective.
7. Detach from it
8. Know your fears.

Watch the button pushing they are always directing one's true inner core self. Feel it, Release it, and rise in all your glory sisterhood.

Let Our Bodies Heal...

My dear sisters I greet you this Tuesday afternoon with a late entry. Greeted my Feminine first thing this morning.  I noticed one hour later, the day was going to off, out of step or just a little funky.

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We are one day away from being free of the Mercury Retrograde thank the Como's for bringing it to it's end.  The day went off like I said and I had a choice at that point, I could  "belly up to the day, suck it up, and push on? or I could stop, hit reset and realize, and ACCEPT  I am out of sorts, and so I will kind and gentle to ME  I decided to listen to the inner child and it requested rest and healing some things were out of balance.

I looked at my calendar and my lists, yes I am list gal spotty at best but still a list. I sat back and asked the question what is the next thing I need to do right now? Nothing was planned for at least a couple of hours. I started to think of all the times that I have pushed my body to limits I knew it could keep of with. I reset one more time and thought this time is different, something changed and I went right to the HEALING LIGHT, no argument or debate in my head, no guilt, or martyr syndrome, just the healing solution. I thought how much as women we overdue, and submit ourselves to horrible body treatment. when in truth it is our bodies that sustain our ability to keep treating our bodies with disdain.

I say no more, today is the day we rise up and or quiet down and LET OUR BODIES HEAL.  Every cell in our body is a living breathing entity it has purpose and meaning. This body, houses our spirits, our souls, our dreams, our fears, loves, and loses. Quite powerful stuff if you ask me. A little humbling to. It follows our lead, and keeps pace with every dance without missing a step most days, and then we hound it "saying come on get over it", when it missed a beat , we knew it could no longer make. Yes, I believe with all my heart that we do it knowingly and willingly because our minds tell us so, which really is EGO most of the time of it's little existence, but it packs a punch every time.

Our bodies are perfect, made just for each and every one of us. Every tiny infrastructure, membrane, vessel, organ, your strengths and weaknesses, it runs in perfect time with the natural order of the great divine energies, and created perfectly to fit you and your life long purpose here in this time and place. Why then do we as women, find it so hard to find time to HEAL?

I pondered a bit more, then I shut my eyes and focused on my breath white, pure, and fresh, clean, as it went into my body I too went in to be reminded of how wonderfully magical this meat skeleton truly is. I watched and listened the inner workings of my body, noises, and movements that I could never describe well enough, or perfectly accurate, I moved freely watching as all these little entities moved about repairing and reconstructing moving in tune with my thoughts. OOPS! I saw a blood vessel pop, I noticed my thoughts split second, I had a negative thought pass quickly, but it still left it's mark.  In that moment, I realized" everything I am arises from my thoughts". I continued to sail through my body, all the imperfections over time and choices were now actively being serviced and rebuilt. I noticed the increase of light in my body dark spots soon lightened up. I spent 25 minutes or so give or take in this space and time, as I started back to the day at hand I came back with such humility and grace and respect for what lies inside this bio-organic magical entity I get the honor to adorn.

So, this is what I am going to do for the rest of this 24, my sisters LET MY BODY HEAL. Peace love and light to you all.

Take A Breath ...You are still alive.

There is a breath meditation that takes the time to really fall in love with your breath with your life, with your moment. It is the BREATH MEDITATION.

The breath and the body are interconnected, as is seen from the fact that the breath is calm when the body is calm, and agitated or labored when the body is agitated or labored. The heavy exhalation made when feeling exhausted and the enthusiastic inhalation made when feeling energized or exhilarated establish the same fact.

The breath and the emotions are interconnected, as is seen from the fact that the breath is calm when the emotions are calm, and agitated and labored when the emotions are agitated or out of control. Our drawing of a quick breath when we are surprised, shocked, or fearful, and the forceful exhalation done when angry or annoyed demonstrate this.

The breath and the mind are interconnected, as is seen from the fact that the breath is calm when the mind is calm, and agitated, irregular, and labored when the mind is agitated or disturbed in any way. Our holding of the breath when attempting intense concentration also shows this.

Breath, which exists on all planes of manifestation, is the connecting link between matter and energy on the one hand and consciousness and mind on the other. By sitting with closed eyes and letting the mind become ease fully absorbed in observing and experiencing the movements of the breath we enter into the consciousness from which it arises–the eternal Witness Consciousness.

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1) Sit upright, comfortable and relaxed, with your hands on your knees or thighs, palms up or palms down or resting, one on the other, in your lap.

2) Turn your eyes slightly downward and close them gently. This removes visual distractions and reduces your brain-wave activity by about seventy-five percent, thus helping to calm the mind.

3) Your mouth should be closed so all breathing is done through the nose. This, too, aids in quieting the mind. Though your mouth is closed, the jaw muscles should be relaxed so the upper and lower teeth are not clenched or touching one another, but parted.

4) Inhale and exhale slowly and deeply three or four times, feeling the inhaling and exhaling breath moving in and out through your nostrils.

5) Now breathe naturally and ease fully, keeping your awareness on the tip of your nose, feeling the breath as it flows in and out of your nostrils. (Some people become more aware of the half-inch or so at the end of the nose, others the very end of the nose, and others remain more aware of the nostrils. Whichever happens naturally is the best for you. So whenever this book says “nosetip” it applies equally to these three areas.) Do not follow the breath in and out of your body, but just be aware of the breath movement sensation at the tip of your nose.

6) Keeping your awareness on the tip of your nose, breathe naturally and calmly, ease fully observing the sensation of the breath moving there throughout all your inhalations and exhalations. This enables you to enter effortlessly into the Witness Consciousness that is your true nature.

7) Do this for the rest of the meditation, letting your awareness rest gently on the breath at the nose tip and feeling the sensations of the breath moving there. After a while it may feel as though the breath is flowing in and out the tip of your nose more than the actual nostrils, or you may not feel the nose at all, but just the breath moving at the point in front of your face where the nose is located. That is perfectly all right, but the focus of your attention should be only at that point–not somewhere else either outside or inside the body.

8) Let the breath be as it will. If the breath is naturally long, let it be so. If it is short, let it be so. If the inhalations and exhalations are of unequal length, that is just fine. Let the breath be natural and unforced, and just observe and experience it.

In time your breath will become more subtle and refined, and slow down. Sometimes your breath can become so light that it almost seems as though you are not breathing at all. At such times you may perceive that your inhaling and exhaling are more like a magnetic pull or flow in and out instead of actual breath movements. This occurs as the subtle life force (prana) that produces the breath switches back and forth in polarity from positive to negative. It is also normal for your breath awareness to move back and forth from more objective to more subtle and back to more objective.

Sometimes the subtle breath is silent, but at other times you will inwardly “hear” the breath making sounds as it moves in and out. These will not be actual physical sounds, but very subtle mental sounds. They may be like the sounds made by forceful or heavy inhalation and exhalation–except softer–or they may be quite different. Whatever they may be, just be calmly aware of them while staying centered on the nose tip and breath.

The breath is a kind of barometer of the subtle energies of body and mind. Sometimes it is very smooth, light and easeful, and at other times it feels heavy, even constricted, or clogged, sticky, ragged, uneven, and generally uncomfortable and somehow feels “not right.” When this occurs, do not try to interfere with it or “make it better.” Rather, just relax and be calmly aware and let it be as it is. If you do this, the problem in the subtle energy levels which the breath is reflecting will correct itself and the breath will become easy and pleasant.

9) In Breath Meditation we only focus our awareness on the breath at the nose tip/nostrils, and not on any other point of the body such as the “third eye.” However, as you meditate you may become aware of one or more areas of your body at different times. This is all right when it comes and goes spontaneously, but keep centered on your nose tip and your breath.

10) Thoughts, impressions, memories, inner sensations, and suchlike may also arise during meditation. Be calmly aware of all these things in a detached and objective manner. Let them come and go as they will, but keep your attention centered on the tip of the nose and your breath moving there. Be indifferent to any inner or outer phenomena. Breath Meditation produces peace, awareness and quiet joy in your mind as well as soothing radiations of energy in the physical and subtle bodies. Be calmly aware of all these things in a detached and objective manner–they are part of the transforming effect of meditation, and are perfectly all right–but keep your attention centered in your breath. Even though something feels very right or good when it occurs, it should not be forced or hung on to. The sum and substance of it all is this: It is not the experience we are after, but the effect.

11) If you find yourself getting restless, distracted, fuzzy, anxious or tense in any degree, just inhale and exhale slowly and deeply a few times, feeling the inhaling and exhaling breath moving in and out through your nostrils, at the same time feeling that you are releasing and breathing out all tensions. Then resume meditating as before. Relaxation is the key to successful meditation practice.

12) Keep in mind that Breath Meditation basically consists of being aware in a relaxed and easeful manner of your breath as it moves in and out at the tip of your nose. That is all!

At the end of your meditation time, keep on being calmly aware of your breath moving in and out of your nose tip as you go about your various activities. In this way you can maintain the calm and clear state of meditation.

The Breathe is the first action in life. The Breath is the last action in life. So every breath in-between remember you are still ALIVE........Pause and smell the roses.