07-14-2021, 02:33 AM
The Daily Q'uote for July 14:
"To unite the spirit, the mind, and the body to promote that unity which appears as health, that health may be greatly aided by the frequent remembrance of the ground of being during meditation, even if it is only for a second. The various pieces of self are knitted up in that opening to the presence within that loved you before you ever hoped to love it. How precious each of you is.
It is as though within the meditation, regardless of how scattered it seems, there is a pure and distilled waterfall of light which irrigates and illumines cell by cell the body, mind and spirit. It is like being rinsed and polished to relax into that presence which is holy. "
https://www.llresearch.org/transcripts/i..._0116.aspx
and then it continues:
"And do not simply confine the self to one kind or form of meditation, for various experiences request various kinds of coherent illumination or meditation. Sometimes you may wish to contemplate a certain eye-catching thought or question, sometimes the meditation may be very active, the sacred dance, the sacred song. Sometime the true need is for the self to rail and complain bitterly to the infinite Creator, to say, “This does not seem to be a lesson in love at all. This hurts, this is painful, and I don’t like it.” Complaining is allowed, my children, complaining is encouraged. Too much is made of the wonderfulness of the infinite Creator and not enough said about the intimate love of this love itself that engages you in conversation and responds caringly and intricately to the way you speak your experience and tell your story to [it].
We encourage each, especially in times of dislocating change, to tell your story either mentally or out loud to the infinite One. The infinite One is never happier than when being addressed, and you, in addressing the infinite One, receive reflections you cannot imagine, reflections of the highest of truth and beauty. Each of you is waiting to flower and bloom from moment to moment. "
Very good to hear that because I am not the "sittingstill kind of meditator" - and nice to hear complaining is allowed
A friend of mine once remarked that if we always remember this, thinking of God all the time and focusing solely on that, that would be enough - or as Ramana said, meditation should be uninterrupted.
Not so easy though in every day life, but well we can always go back to where we left off.
And it does help! it makes such a difference, if I leave the house and mentally dedicate the day and my activities to the creator and ask for assistance, or if I leave and only think of my own personal stuff and fears and feelings..... the difference is so remarkable
"To unite the spirit, the mind, and the body to promote that unity which appears as health, that health may be greatly aided by the frequent remembrance of the ground of being during meditation, even if it is only for a second. The various pieces of self are knitted up in that opening to the presence within that loved you before you ever hoped to love it. How precious each of you is.
It is as though within the meditation, regardless of how scattered it seems, there is a pure and distilled waterfall of light which irrigates and illumines cell by cell the body, mind and spirit. It is like being rinsed and polished to relax into that presence which is holy. "
https://www.llresearch.org/transcripts/i..._0116.aspx
and then it continues:
"And do not simply confine the self to one kind or form of meditation, for various experiences request various kinds of coherent illumination or meditation. Sometimes you may wish to contemplate a certain eye-catching thought or question, sometimes the meditation may be very active, the sacred dance, the sacred song. Sometime the true need is for the self to rail and complain bitterly to the infinite Creator, to say, “This does not seem to be a lesson in love at all. This hurts, this is painful, and I don’t like it.” Complaining is allowed, my children, complaining is encouraged. Too much is made of the wonderfulness of the infinite Creator and not enough said about the intimate love of this love itself that engages you in conversation and responds caringly and intricately to the way you speak your experience and tell your story to [it].
We encourage each, especially in times of dislocating change, to tell your story either mentally or out loud to the infinite One. The infinite One is never happier than when being addressed, and you, in addressing the infinite One, receive reflections you cannot imagine, reflections of the highest of truth and beauty. Each of you is waiting to flower and bloom from moment to moment. "
Very good to hear that because I am not the "sittingstill kind of meditator" - and nice to hear complaining is allowed
A friend of mine once remarked that if we always remember this, thinking of God all the time and focusing solely on that, that would be enough - or as Ramana said, meditation should be uninterrupted.
Not so easy though in every day life, but well we can always go back to where we left off.
And it does help! it makes such a difference, if I leave the house and mentally dedicate the day and my activities to the creator and ask for assistance, or if I leave and only think of my own personal stuff and fears and feelings..... the difference is so remarkable
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