Sunday, December 17, 2006

Some ones day 4 in 11 days program... thanks for sharing...

Hi Shashi,

Thats fascinating to be able to explore the ancient places and feel the energies so strongly that they shift awareness. Are there any photo's of this place, look forward to hearing more about your experience there.

Here's my responses to Day 4 questions.

How was your weekend ? Did you notice some difference?
My weekend was really great, I felt like I was in a flow. I'm aware of quite a few things I definitely feel an increase in my energy level, more upbeat mood, more centered. I also feel as though my body is healing itself in the areas of low back, sinus and ear, as the pain in those areas seems to be on a decrease.

Did something good happen to you during the weekend.
yes it did 

What one thing you would like to do for your love of life?
My ideal is to be happy and like a meme this happiness might spark off the happiness in someone else. On a different level of being visit a place of power like Sedona and while i'm at it sneak in a shopping spree on the side.

What are the negative aspects of your life? Tell me what made you feel guilty recently?
Identifying with the egoic nature, the self-importance. Blaming others for my failures not being responsible for myself. Being fearful. Self-pity. I felt guilty when we were about to have supper, my mother was serving chicken, and I took the piece and put it on my plate, and I didn't want to eat any of it and at the same time I didn't want to draw attention to the fact, so I took a few bites and saved a handful for my dog. I felt guilty because I wasn't being true to myself by taking a few bites and yet I didn't want to hurt her feelings.

What do you think of Shadow and darkness?
I think when we look at others that we see ourselves and we don't often realize that if we see it in them then it is also in us, its our self reflection. I have alot of different streams of thought on the shadow to me it can mean the unconscious state of mind, where one only see's what is relatively apparent on the surface a social conditioning to see a certain way, and unless the agreement is altered in some way awareness becomes very rigid and fixed in one place.
In a different respect the shadow has a different nature altogether and here are just some of my thoughts on it. I like the mood and feel of darkness, it feels imbued with power especially in nature, it also feels very natural to me and I also feel it reflects our state of being.
I feel the shadow is more than what we generally think of it as. In a way they are just like us in the mornings they are just beginning to wake up and come to life and in the evenings and especially at the twilight hour they are the fullest and most powerful. When I look at them i'm aware of them having different textures and feels to them.and when power breathes life into them something extraordinary can and does happen.
I believe here is even a shadow of death.
To me the shadow is every bit a mystery and some things can not be explained by our reason alone.

About the homework
Nature really soothes my mind, when I touch the trees i feel very much at peace inside and also as if my awareness is merged with the tree, a total connection. It was very silent and still out that evening so there was hardly any sound. When I do speak to myself in this fashion about fears and etc. its like i'm finally listening to that voice inside. Its interesting when I know i have to do something like be silent for an hour my mind wants to rebel and if my focus is not so much on that there is not as much resistance going on.
I felt really good about the breathing excercises. I had a really neat experience of finding music afterward, one site that I used to listen to Bhajans on sort of indirectly opened another door to some very spiritual radio stations, which left me smiling all the more.
It made for a great night.
































 

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