Preparation for tapping into the stillness...

Tapping into the stillness... I remember when I first began to try to understand how exactly is this done. Be Still and Know that I AM God. I had to come to realize that this space is not a physical place. You see, my whole world here on earth is physical. This space that I am referring to is a space of No Thing, it is substance of potentialities/possibilities. Anything your imagination can imagine is possible and can manifest in our physical world. I am not just speaking of things, material things but circumstances. I am speaking of words we talk about but cannot not see such as love, peace, joy, harmony, etc which is hard to describe and see but can be felt through the body and heart. Of course we can identify love through the eyes of a happy child, the miracle of a birth of a child, a puppy, an insect, an animal or many other expressions.

I know if people are talking, I cannot concentrate on a movie unless there is less conversation. This is how I see Be Still and Know that I AM God. In order for me to clearly hear what God is saying to me, I have to give my attention to this stillness. Since God is not a man or woman then I am not speaking of a human voice but I must say, I have heard a voice and have seen images that has guided me to a solution to a problem that was weighing me down. It was after I stilled my mind and let myself become still that I heard the voice of God guide me to a solution to a problem or healed my hurting heart. This is a time that I do nothing more than just sit with my eyes closed and breathe without effort. I do not always get an instant answer in this stillness. I certainly do feel at peace when I bring myself back into my room. Being in the stillness makes one more aware and sharpen your mind so that you can see the slightest thing that was there in your surrounding before but now you see things clearly as though you are seeing them for the first time.

When I first experienced this, I did not return to the stillness for a long time. Maybe it was fear of the unknown. Maybe it was beliefs that I has acquired from childhood, from religion, from teachers, from friends or some I just believed out of habit that kept me from returning. Many friends ask me how do you go into the silence? Now that I am in the habit of going into the silence, I thought this was a silly question until I began to think about it. I began to realize that many people can not be still or quiet. To be quiet for any reasonable period of time makes some people go into a depressed state. It seems as though, we are always moving about and talking all the time and sincerely do not know how to sit still and be quiet.

In Gratitude

In Gratitude...
I woke up this morning with my mind on gratefulness. I am so grateful to be alive and well. I am independent and can serve myself and others. That for sure is a blessing and is worthy of being grateful.

I am a thinker. I read so many posts and prints on stop thinking so much. I love to think. It gives me such joy. I think if you are thinking thoughts that are heavy and only weigh you down then you need to stop thinking so much and change the quality of your thoughts. Even when I think about my next meal, I am delighted. I always prepare something in my mind that is tasty and is very healthy :). This may not be true to some if they knew what it is that I prepared. All food that I eat, I bless it and know that God is in it and brought it and many hands that helped to bring the meal to my table. I am eating healthier and I have not even tried hard. Through the grateful thoughts and joyous thoughts and being thankful that I have a body at all helps me to do what is right by it.

I have fallen in love with myself. I appreciate the fact and very grateful that I have all my body parts and they all work. I have made an evaluation of those parts and know that they can work much more smoothly. I am now stretching and on the floor stretching out my back. It feels good. I am not rushing to any particular goal. I am grateful and going with the flow. I am grateful to my neighbor Daninia who helped me to get started with this blog by pointing me in the right direction. I am grateful to be able to send out these well wishes, love and peace to my son, his wife, their children, to the dynamic duo, family, friends and my facebook family. Have a lovely and blessed day! Lovely LadyFran

In The Stillness...

In the Stillness...

I begin my day with a prayer of gratitude. I also pray for myself and others. Sitting in my glider chair next to a table where I have a candle, a vision board, a lucky bamboo plant and some stones with words written on them like, peace, love and kindness, I then begin to meditate. Sometimes the meditation lasts for 20 minutes or 40 minutes or as short as 3 minutes, and then I go into the silence. The next thing that I do is to read inspirational materials from magazines or books such as, The Daily Word, The Science of Mind magazine or The Science of Mind book by Ernest Holmes. The Bible and other scriptures and inspirational books are together in a basket where I can have easy access to them. I meditate in the mornings, sometimes in the evenings or right before going to bed.

In the stillness is where all answers are. I take time each day to sit a few minutes in the silence. I do not speak or ask questions nor do I ask for anything before going into the silence.

Prayer can be thoughts about some of my desires or just being grateful for all that I have.

then, I breathe and notice my breath. Next I take 3 deep cleansing breaths, let go and become still. Sometimes I use a mantra such as peace. I say peace over and over in my mind and then I let go. After this meditation, I feel energized and relaxed all at the same time. I then continue my regular routine.