Yeah...

I had a dream

that I saw you for the first time in a long time. You tried to kiss me. I wanted you to. But I couldn't. I couldn't seem to breathe right.

Yeah...

Somehow I feel that has happened before. Ya know? In a real way.

Namaste.

Meditate & Levitate

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A tornado has been flying around my mind lately. Worries, troubles, and tasks have been flooding me all at once. I've been feeling so spiritually heavy. So, today I stopped. I stopped everything for 15 minutes, and sat Buddha style on my mother's bed and meditated. I've been guilty of not meditating often as I should. I forget how imperative it is to my body of peace. I need it.

Before I left school, I had a personal meeting with my mentor, L, who helped give me insights on various meditation styles and exercises. The style I frequently use is called "ambient listening." The individual sits quietly for a span of 15-30 minutes or however long is necessary and hones into the sounds of their surroundings. It inspires focus and forces you to pay close attention to your environment. It allows you to examine your emotions and how you feel in that very instance. It has tremendously helped me gather my sanity in times of stress. The kinks in my head loosen once I sit down and practice ambient listening. I always leave my space of meditation feeling together and light, yet lifted. I plan to practice this style every day. I always make sure to pay attention to the respiratory action going on. I'm mindful of my breathing patterns, and concentrate on breathing techniques. I usually make breathing my object of meditation. ( Depending on whatever meditation exercise you're using, there can be different objects of focus.) Meditation directly affects the respiratory and temporal lobes of the brain. It plays an important factor of calming the mind. There are several breathing methods that can be used as a single practice or incorporated in other meditation styles.

An additional meditation style L introduced me to was Vipassana. I have yet to practice Vipassana meditation for myself. Its objective is for the individual to see, feel, experience, and recognize things as they are. Patience plays a big factor in this meditation. One has to concentrate on any physical or mental variation that takes places within themselves. There is no specific object of meditation for it asks you to follow your focus on whatever arises. Though, one must be mindful not to allow themselves to become tangled with a specific worry. Just allow yourself to recognize that this issue is a worry of yours. The Vipassana meditation is one I'm still researching and find it to be very popular. There are even free 10-day mediation courses held in various centers around the world. (It's about to be my spot one of these summers.)

There are many websites and videos that serve as healthy references for information.

http://www.how-to-meditate.org/breathing-meditations.htm/

http://www.buddhanet.net/vmed_2.htm

 http://www.dhamma.org/

http://www.live365.com/index.live ( There is a decent ambient listening radio station on this site that can be incorporated into meditation.)


Meditation is an act of self-love. It is a way to take up the physical space I embody. It is how I put myself back into power and maximize those spaces of power. I have to take care of every aspect of myself, and let no one or nothing rob me of my spiritual wealth. It's precious to me. I rob myself when I place the needs of others above my own.I rob myself when I don't fulfill my desires.So, this post is a reminder of what I do when my mind is stuck and my heart is at a stand still.

" My vision is more than these compromises." - A quote my mentor,. L, shared with me.

Stay grounded. Stay Focused. Stay light.

- Amoni T.

"Livin' inside your love

makes me feel alright. Things are oh so nice, gotta say it TWICE. Livin' inside your love makes me feel alright, and I had to say it twiiiiiice."

                                                                                - Phyllis Hyman

Interconnected.

Artist :: Jessica Perlstein

ten minute freewrite at 4:20 am by warsan shire

I have thrown my body around like an old excuse

I have thrown my heart out like a kite

like rice confetti

like milk teeth behind me

like salt behind me

I have thrown away all of my pride

I have thrown all of my prayers into the deep

well of your mouth.

You catch me,

you’ve caught me

honey

I have nothing left

Source: Warsan Shire Blogspot