with Dynamic Mindfulness Meditation
How to transform a ‘Stressful Place’ to a ‘Calm Space’?
Imagine, that you are on your way to an important meeting, and your bag contains your laptop, I-pod, appointment book, a book and 2 CD’s you just authored, and your digital camera. As you stroll leisurely to the appointment, you pass by a flea market, and get distracted by a jacket that catches your attention. You take your bag off, put it down on the ground and try the jacket on. When you find out that the jacket doesn’t fit, you thank the vendor and continue strolling. A couple of blocks later, you discover that your bag is missing; you left it on the ground. What do you do next?
Often, when something like this happens, we panic, get anxious, and run back to where we might have left the bag, expecting the worst – worrying that it was stolen. It’s not unlikely to be overwhelmed with thoughts and emotions, ranging from - “What a jerk I am....” to “Why is this happening to me?” or “How unlucky I am....”
As a practitioner of Dynamic Mindfulness Meditation, the most important question would be “How can I be OK, accept what happened, find my Calm Space and breathe open to - Now?” “How can I get back into the rhythm of life, trusting the breath to guide me to what to do next?”
- Noticing what’s happening inside your head, your body, and your emotions...
- Breathing mindfully, surrendering the stress to the breath, slowing down keeping the focus in the aliveness in the body - finding the rhythm of life, and accepting how you feel....
- Letting go of attachment to results, while taking the steps to find the bag…
- Keep trusting in the breath and staying open to its guidance…
In the process of Calming My World after losing my bag, I not only
found it, but I got in-touch with the humanity of the situation, and
how my response to losing my bag contributed to a calmer environment. When I came back to the stand, the man behind the counter happily informed me that he found my bag, and handed it to me. When I offered him some money, he said, “No, this was my good deed for the day.” When I offered him a hug, he said: “I have had AIDS for twenty-five years, every day – is a gift for me”.
The law of karma is the law of cause and effect. It works unavoidably when there is no consciousness -- when we are not present in the moment. When there is no consciousness, the past creates the future.
The law of Love supersedes the law of karma. It intervenes in the process by focusing in the present. In fact, one could say that Love is being fully present. When anything is initiated in Love in the present, the future of that reality will be purposeful, meaningful, loving and powerful.
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