Tag: Spiritual

Druid Meditation Day 1

Find a quiet, peaceful place to sit or lie down where you will not be disturbed. Close your eyes and take a deep breath in through your nose, filling your lungs with air. Hold the breath for a few seconds, then exhale slowly through your mouth. Repeat this deep breathing several times, feeling your body relax with each breath.

Focus your mind on the natural world around you. Imagine the trees, the grass, the flowers, and the animals. Imagine the sun, the moon, and the stars. Imagine the wind, the rain, and the snow. Imagine the earth beneath you, supporting and nourishing you.

As you meditate, repeat the following quote to yourself:

“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder

Questions to reflect on after your meditation:

  1. How did the natural world make you feel during your meditation?
  2. What did you notice about your body and mind during the meditation?
  3. How can you incorporate more nature into your daily life?
  4. How does the quote resonate with you and your relationship with nature?
  5. How can you use this meditation to connect more deeply with the earth?

Anxious, To Be Or Not To Be….

Mt. 6:31 – Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Where withal shall we be clothed?

Matthew, when writing this, recorded Jesus’s words at his Sermon on the Mount to his followers.

When feeling a controllable form of anxiety, we may have an excessive worry about the future, about things that may or may not happen. It is good to have some worry so that we may have a plan for the just in case, but when it goes beyond that to overtaking our mind, then we should take a moment. Normal concern is having an emergency savings for when extra costs come up or when work has to lay off workers due to the company closing a cashflow negative location or location change of a facility altogether as the case is sometimes. Preparing for such helps relieve stress on the mind and body. But continuing to worry about what hasn’t happened, even when prepared, brings down joy and happiness to you and those in your circle. Even in negative situations, there’s always a positive aspect, related or not, to be gleaned from what we’re going through.

Luke 10:41 shows how Jesus tried to help Martha not worry so much about what was going on, to just enjoy the moment that was happening. Luke 12: 29 – 31 helps us to see that as children of God, when we continue follow and seek His kingdom and Him, He will provide all that we need and more. As our spiritual Father, how could He not?

The promises made by Jehovah are given in love as we rely on Him as provider of all good things to His children and servants. My prayer is that I become more reliant on Jehovah as my provider, to know that as my heavenly Father, He will continue to give according to what my needs are, and that I will receive an overflow. Becoming more reliant on Him for my daily needs will prove to be more beneficial as I continue to grow, follow, and rely on Him in the footsteps of Jesus.

Rest A While

Mark 6:31 – “And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest awhile: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.”

The writer Mark, while at the shores of the Sea of Galilee when it was close to the Passover of 32 C.E., wrote the words of Jesus addressed to the apostles.

The crowds were constantly coming and going, not allowing time to rest (even for a short bit), let alone time to even get a bite to eat. Even with the way the needs of the many are, taking the time to allow yourself time to recoup is necessary.

In the previous verse (Mk 6:30), the apostles were excited, wanting to inform and share with Jesus all that had happened and about everything that they were able to do and teach. At Mt 11:29, the yoke of Jesus is described. It gives us such purpose but is not overbearing. It provides refreshment as well as direction.

Even before the feeling of being overwhelmed becomes an issue, I myself should find time to make sure I can effectively be what I can for those around me, by taking the time to rest when I need to so as to have the energy to be what I need to be for those around me. By taking the time to rest, I give myself time to reflect and plan for the appropriate plan, and take action accordingly. In this way, I won’t over exert myself in maintaining the spiritual guidance in which I have received. This helps me to be of service when and where I am needed.

Be Still And Know….

(Psa 46:10) “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.”

In Ps 46:8-11, one reference indicates that this section of verses is an exhortation to reflect upon the marvelous deliverance from wars and persecutions ( Physical and Spiritual), and learn the lesson and to become more reliant upon the Almighty creator and keeper of our souls.

Ps 46 expresses that God Almighty is more than capable of supplying for the needs of his servants and children, along with being able to protect what is rightfully his. When we are moving along inside the frenzied world, and our focus has become lost, even mildly, when we come to a point of no distraction and regain our focus on the progenitor of our very being, our strength comes back and focus becomes realigned. This will also help us realize if we need the help of others outside of ourselves, leading to whatever is necessary for our re-focus on reality.

(Psa 46:11 KJV)  “The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.”

Being still will also help us in taking shelter in the one who is strong enough to keep us safe from the evil one who wishes us nothing good, and from the storms and waves of this world that would drag us down.

(Psa 46:6 – 9 KJV)  The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.

Jehovah God reminds us and warns our enemies at the same instance of what he’s capable of, bringing peace and salvation to His people along with death and destruction to His enemies. This act alone brings reconciliation and harmony among people and therefore throughout the earth in which His people reside.