Today's meditation is about finding that place, that centre, your soul. Regardless of your beliefs each religion has a name for this spot. The place where you are completely open to the ... divine .... universe ....God?
Surprisingly this one was not too difficult to achieve, I guess starting to address everything else has started to open myself to the possibilities of .. me.
So as my son lay curled up in my arms on my bed sleeping for a (way too early) nap this morning, I close my eyes and follow the meditation, I visualise myself as a diver and sinking deeper and deeper into the depths of the ocean and the choppy sea above are all of my troubles being left behind (and yes it was like "the perfect storm" up there), I am in the deepest blue, calm and peaceful.
As I consider the two things I love doing and how each makes me feel alive I am at peace.
My two things are making or more specifically decorating cakes and reading novels. Both are an escape for me, both allow me to be completely in the moment of what I am doing and allow me to completely empty my mind of all things trivial and the not so trivial.
With the cake decorating I am genuinely giving of myself into the cake, my heart and soul goes into the cakes I decorate (which is why I haven't taken that step to make it a business yet) I am a perfectionist and will spend hours planning and visualising before I make the cake. To be honest, if I wasn't days away from delivering my second child I'd probably be thinking about my son's birthday cake already. The moments I spend decorating the cake are peaceful within and consume me. All the effort I go to is to bring joy and happiness into the life of the person the cake is for.
Reading is pure relaxation to me, I miss it. I haven't read much since becoming a mum because taking your eyes of your precious angel is a mistake you tend to make just once. I'm looking forward to reading more as I have received a lovely new toy for my birthday from my family and am busy downloading books to get into while in hospital. Reading is again something that clears my mind, I loose myself in the story. I am the character in the book flying on the dragon, performing great feats of magic, falling in love with the vampire, travelling across middle earth for the sake of all. I loose myself in the words and imagine myself as part of the worlds the author creates. Nothing else intrudes and I am lost to the story.
Two very different passions, decorating cakes and reading yet both allow me to clear the mind, to think of nothing but what is in front of me at that moment. To be "here", "right here, right now". To be able to (for a time) forget the troubles of my life and to be present in the present and this is what I will try to remember.
To be open to the possibilites, you must be present ... in the present. This is my feeling of being in touch of my soul.
What are the two things that you love doing? That make you feel alive?
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