The journey of Meditation is one of moving from self violence to Self Love. It’s not though, as simple as swapping violent, negative, denigrating, vicious, doubting thoughts and beliefs for positive, uplifting, kind, supportive and trusting ones!
Why is this? What do both negative and helpful positive uplifting thoughts have in common?
THEY ARE ALL THOUGHTS!
Obviously, if you’re going to grab onto any thoughts, uplifting ones have a much better effect on your nervous system! There is however, a bigger game at play here, a bigger Presence. That Presence is Love. That Love is the Self. As we Meditate consistently this Presence that lives in us, beyond our thinking mind, reveals itself.
You can easily become fooled by positive thoughts and positive thinking. You really don’t want to cover up your destructive, deep seated, self violent thoughts and beliefs with lots of happy faced emoji sticky plasters because at some point the plasters will fall off and you’ll cry out in shame, “I thought I’d healed that!” as you continue to try to stick on your happy face in the outer the world, while underneath the puss from the denied belief is starting to seep out the sides and you give birth to your own demons. The great news is, your loving Presence eats demons for dinner. You might like to check out an old blog I wrote, Why Demons Are Just Farts Of Our Mind.
One of the first things I learnt when I started to practice Ascension Meditation was this..
THOUGHTS ARE OK!
Most people think they can’t meditate because they can’t stop their thoughts. Please trust me when I say you don’t have to. A thought is a thought, whether good or bad. Thoughts come.. Unless we grab them, thoughts go.. This is the Nature of the Mind. We don’t need to fight it.
As you Meditate regularly and become more adept at simply observing what is arising and falling in your mind, without making any of it good or bad, something Magickal happens. By allowing whatever is arising, giving it space to be seen, however hideous or beautiful it may seem to the judging mind, you become less identified with any thoughts about yourself and others. Those beliefs that have become boulders weighing you down, start to dis-create in the awareness of your Loving Presence.
The penny dropped for me when I started to make ALL THOUGHTS less important. Some appear useful. Some appear not. When we know how to, we can use the positive, uplifting thoughts to dis-create the negative beliefs instead of using them as a plaster. This is not difficult and can be, for the most, very pleasant! Those big boulder beliefs? Well.. they may be a little more uncomfortable.. But think if it like having a big mind poo. You know once it’s out you’ll feel much better!
As thoughts, of which I have many having the “channel of the thinker” in my Human Design, take a back seat in my vehicle, Wisdom gets a chance to have a Joy ride! No one likes a back seat driver! I focus on what is actually here and I start to See more beauty around me as my vision is no longer being obscured by the limiting thought clouds of my mind.
We are constantly growing, changing, evolving expanding, held within a field of Loving Presence that has long been neglected in favour of an over identification with thinking. The Heart is a great portal from which to remember that you are that Presence of Love.
If you’d like to join us tonight, Monday 24th June 2024, 7.30pm for Meditation Cafe, to play with not taking your self violent thoughts so seriously and learning how to use Heartfelt, uplifting words and Mantras (Mantra means to protect the mind) to help you dis-create self limiting beliefs, please register here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYofu2pqz8sEtf7lN-2sGsoska2qcJJGfMx
No previous experience necessary. An open mind and willing Heart is helpful. Please read the contraindications on the Meditation Cafe page if you are struggling with your mental health or experiencing trauma and contact me beforehand if necessary.
Meditation Cafe is part of The Silent Revolution and is free by default. If you’d like to “Buy Me A Coffee” in the Cafe or express your Gratitude with a donation, you can do so here:
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