Meditation, entering through the Heart, is less about doing and more about Being. It takes you into a receptive state, not to receive more data, more information, more ideas, more judgements, more ideals, but to a place where you can see beyond the spaghetti junction of the constant bombardment of external stimulus, to a place… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Learning To Be Receptive
I'm still reading Prayers of the Cosmos by Neil Douglas Klotz, a Sufi Mystic whose lineage goes back to Hazrat Inayat Kahn. I will talk more about my own mystical connection with Hazrat in another blog, suffice to say that many roads I take somehow lead to him! For those that didn't see the previous… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Synchronicity & Contemplating Humility
Following the "I haven't got time to Meditate" thought is one of the biggest trap doors to sabotaging your Meditation practice. Occasionally it may be true and yet the majority of the time, well, it simply isn't true. It is more likely that you're prioritising other things that your mind deems more important, so there… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: When You Haven’t Got Time
My Heart Word today is LOVE. I've been working today on my other website Blue Star Therapies (to be relaunched this week!). I took it offline whilst getting clear on what it is I'm actually offering. The image below, a synonym I've used for SOUL since I first started Blue Star Therapies, is on it's… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Where To Find Unending Love
Come, smell these roses Aren’t the hyacinths Divine Like you my Goddess Your petals so soft Birds and bees in Harmony Unfurling from bud Flower blossoming To promising potential Soft scent lingering The sky is so blue As sweet nectar drips from tongue An eagle flies high Painting pink pictures You tie me up in… Continue reading Poem: The Garden – Path To Nowhere
Expectation can veil our Presence if we are not aware of its function. In the not Self mode of experiencing we can, often unconsciously, expect that the future will be the same as the past, for better or for worse. We may also have expectations of a potential to be fulfilled without seeing the actual… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Exploring Expectation, Attachment & Potential
I had originally typed as the title for this blog, "The Need For Silent Spaces" but on reflection it didn't express the fullness of what I am attempting to convey. I've been at Back To The Roots festival this weekend, facilitating two Meditation Cafes in the wonderful Cafe Kailash who make the most Divine traditional… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: The Need For Spaces To Be Silent
The short answer.. Feel them. I write this on day when my own Heart feels a little tender. Sometimes when we close our eyes to Meditate, despite our desire to experience Peace, Calm and Bliss, we are met with grief and tears. This is great! Although most people don't see it that way because they… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: How To Deal With Uncomfortable Emotions
I've just got back from a few days Meditating and communing with the land at Pistyll Rhaeadr Waterfall in North Wales. This place is steeped in legend, full of myth and Magick, stories of King Arthur, a giant and giantess and a naughty Dragon! It is said that a Monk that used to live there,… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: Meditating In Nature
Prana means vital energy or life force, ayama is defined as extension or expansion. Thus, the word pranayama means expansion of life force and may be viewed as the art of breathing. In Yoga practice we always make sure that we start with correct breathing. This means breathing deeply, as designed to do, fully utilising… Continue reading Meditation Cafe: What Is Pranayama
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