Let silence take you to the core of life
Jalal al-Din Rumi
When I sit in silence, I go within and have the opportunity to traverse my inner landscape. Sometimes I just sit there and absorb the love and peace. Sometimes I actively engage with Spirit to re-discover wisdom.
Have you tried it and what did you discover?
Many of us feel constrained by the attempts of our governments to control the virus – lockdowns, curfews, isolation from our loved ones.
We are never really alone. Going within and reflecting opens up a whole new world. While meditation calms us, I have found having something to reflect on and to sense my own feelings, is a constructive practice that helps me to re-connect with the wisdom of my soul.
To help me with my reflections on Rumi’s poetry, I have chosen to use Paper Trail’s book – Rumi’s Reflection Journal. It gives me individual Rumi quotes to consider. Thank you Paper Trail.
Guided meditation with Alison Wem taking you to an ancient ash grove to give and receive healing.
White Cloud is a spirit guide who comes as a Native American Indian. Can you see White Cloud’s face in the ash tree?
Examples of student soul maps
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For Alison Wem, that realisation came in the early hours as, newly widowed with children and a demanding job, she confronted her anguish – and found a space of calmness and route to strength, love and guidance.
Follow 7 easy-to-do steps to create your soul map, a route to your ‘inner you’– your sub-conscious mind, higher self or soul, depending on your beliefs. Gain insight into who you are and where your life is going. Identify who is on this journey with you and how you are helping each other with learning life lessons.
We all have a tendency to feel sorry for ourselves. Nobody has everything. Even the rich and the successful have their challenges. If you followed them home there may be problems with infidelity, a sick child or perhaps fear of redundancy.
Matilda was from a successful family. She had become a successful teacher but the role had long hours and was burning her out and causing her problems with her boyfriend. She made the decision to change career. However to make the change she would have to take a salary cut. Fearful of telling her parents, she confided in her grandad. To her surprise he said;
Finding January a challenging month? Or perhaps there is something else in your life which is spoiling your calmness and well-being, giving you worry and anxiety.
Each of us runs our own lives and we can seek out ways of improving our well-being. This is not about expensive classes or time consuming activities. Music and singing can be listened to, or joined in with, as we travel to work or do domestic tasks.
Deva Premal and Miten give us an overview of what is possible and how it helped them.
I am a firm believer that;
Life is for living and enjoying
Yet it is not always easy to do this. Life can feel full of challenges.
No-one has everything.
Some people may appear to be wealthy and happy but if you follow them home, there may be challenges of fidelity, not being able to conceive a child, health problems and fear of loosing their wealth, position or power. In my experience everyone has at least one challenge in their life as we try to learn our life lessons.
How you respond to your challenges determines who you are and how you live your life.