For myself, it's all too easy to start my morning by reading the paper and getting caught up in social media before I do the practices that feed my spirit and connect me to God. I find that when I remind myself to first do some yoga poses, diffuse essential oils and seek the Silence within through meditation and prayer, I feel connected and renewed, rather than anxious about the state of the world.
"It is the place of openness and of silence where God finds us and we find him, but it is also a space for listening to others, for a deepening sense of awareness of relatedness to the world...so not only is that inner space within myself to be kept free and uncluttered, but it also has to be watered, refreshed from the fountain at its center." -Esther de Waal, Lost in Wonder
It helps to have a meditation corner; a place devoted to the practice of silence. I sit in a rocking chair in a corner of my bedroom, next to a bookshelf that holds my inspirational books and journals. Candles, flowers, photos, essential oils, whatever creates a mood for quiet contemplation is helpful.
Finding the inner space of silence and tranquility requires clearing out and releasing the debris that I've accumulated in my daily thought patterns; breathing out negativity, anger, sadness, unforgiveness and anything else that hinders; breathing in Light, Love and Peace. I imagine that there is a fountain at my heart center, spilling out rose colored light that cleanses and refreshes and then wrapping me in a protective cocoon.
I carry that with me into the new day; the silence at my core, the refreshment and protection of the Divine. In gratitude and reverence, I move forward.
