If I Could Share One Jewel With You Right Now, It Would Be This

This month at the School of Sensual Living, our theme is "A Feminine Approach to Mindfulness."

With so many influences preying on your deepest fears right now, I couldn't imagine a more apt theme.

I pray that as you read this, you may know there is more to your being than your momentary reactions and impulses, and the thoughts they create.

That your consciousness may sink down past the sediment that is worry, past the bedrock of panic, all the way down, deep, deep, deep down, to the place we are describing when use the phrase "from the bottom of my heart."

I pray that you may dwell in that sacred sanctum for at least a few heartbeats.

Listening...

Listening...

Listening...

Listening just as intently to the space between the beats as you do the beats themselves.

You may not find a peaceful utopian oasis there at this moment, and that's OK. But you may find something even better.

You may just find the ability to be here, inside your own skin.

You may just find the ability to locate yourself in the eye of the storm, rather than spending all your energy trying to outsmart it.

As they say, "the truth shall set you free".

Mindfulness allows us to see the truth in each moment, which is almost always a much different story than the one our darling minds have created.

As we enter a new week, if I could offer you one jewel from my pouch right now, it would be this one:

Don't believe everything you think. :)

I love you.

I cherish you.

I believe in you.

I think you're the bee's knees, AND the cat's pajamas.

And I'm here for you.

With love from the bottom of my heart,

Mary

P.S. - for additional support, here is a free Monday Meditation for slowing your thoughts and being present in your body.