by Jo Anna Rothman
Connection
How do you connect to you? To the universe? To all that is?
Do you breathe deeply and quiet your mind? Or move ecstatically, letting the natural rhythm take over? Perhaps you enter into a dialogue of stillness with your soul?
The methods are many. The choice is yours. But the call from within to experience that level of connection is a constant. It billows up from the depths of us, tempting us to find the quiet place of refuge in our mind and allow the energetic tendrils of loving to wrap around our being. We long to experience the bond between our mortal selves and our place within the collective whole.
Yet, it can be hard. Hard to slow down. To find the moments of time. To let the walls of worry and fear slip away so that we can find ourselves amidst The All once again. People often say they can’t…can’t be still. Can’t let go of the mind chatter. So what if you didn’t. What if the noise was simply part of it all? Part your connective process? If you just let the energy of your body and brain do as they do?
Don’t try and do it perfectly, like some monk on a hilltop. Do it like you. Connect through the mess. The doubts. The chaos of your thoughts. Let them be. If you try and fight through it…those parts will just have to fight back. And then you have a giant mess on your hands rather than the remembrance of your divinity…which was what you were craving to begin with.
So let the mind do as it does. Breathe through the unsteady feelings. And simply be with yourself. Without judgement of how or what you are doing. That state…that space…is the portal to connection. Let yourself be there…and let yourself feel.
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