Great fun today in Manpukuji Park for our walking meditation.
Y’all shoulda been there because we found wonderfully
cool water and fun squishy mud.. and forgot to take pics!
All cleaned up with a faucet afterward and Lin remembered to take a picture.
Join us next month in Ikuta Ryokuji Park near Mukogaokayuen Station.
Max, Yuma, Hiro, Yuna, and Emico all joined me for the walk around
the park and we ended at 13:15 because we had to go around the
outer loop.
We walked quite slowly and stopped a couple of times to check
how people were doing and what people noticed so I think it
was a good balance of walking and checking.
Somehow I think there could be some more introduction or more
explanation but it also just didn’t really come up so I didn’t
worry about it.
I just went over a general safety piece and had people to take
care of themselves so it should be all good.
We got some pictures at the end and then Toko and Nithilim
joined us and walked with us toward Shibuya and we went to
the new Miyashita Park area for some food on the top floor
of the place.
Chilling inside everyone had a good time and Emico was able
to tell everyone about her workshop and then I put on my contacts
and walked over to Shibuya crossing and by the time I was getting set up
everyone had walked over there so I was really happy to see them.
The big takeaway was that I didn’t have to prepare too much or
go out of my way to be stressed about preparation. I just had
fun with preparation and did what made sense and did just the
right amount so I had everything I needed and didn’t have too
much I mean it was very close to exactly what I needed during
the thing and I’m really glad about that.
I had eye gazing with all of my friends who were there and then
I lost count for a while but I ultimately came up with 11 people
who stopped to do eye casing with me while I was standing there.
There were probably about 11 other people who made eye contact
in passing but I didn’t count those people because they didn’t
stop and settle into the moment of eye contact with me.
At the end I met a man named Christian (sp) who told me he
does healing with his family in terms of prayer so he did a
prayer for me in Jesus’s name and I thanked him and we talked
about religion a little bit. I told him clearly that I recognize
each religion has some truth but no religion is the truth.
He kept listening so I went on to give the example of satanism
as a path toward God via self-service.
We also talked about how the current Corona and covid situation
has got people all hyped up and scared and fearful, which is
definitely not useful in terms of what I believe. He said basically
the bible says “have no fear” and “trust in God” which is
exactly opposite of what most people are apparently doing.
There’s a parable of blind men touching an elephant and determining
that an elephant is different things based on what part of the
elephant they were feeling.
Similarly, we are all blindly experiencing life, each in a different
way, and thereby believing into reality a different world for each of
us.
Because we only experience the part of our world that we experience,
we tend to believe “this is everything” even though it’s not even an
appreciable fraction of the whole.
Because our limited perception gives us an imperfect picture, we
similarly perceive apparent imperfections in ourselves.
This can cause us to judge ourselves as bad or incomplete because of
these (incorrect / incomplete) perceptions of imperfections.
Upon accepting (our incomplete perception of) ourselves, even though
we seem to think we are imperfect, we begin a process of loving
ourselves and loving what is.
Accepting all parts of ourselves as we are, we experience
unconditional love from within. This allows the previously-considered
“imperfect” parts of us to be recognized as perfect within the world
in which we exist.
Recognizing all parts of ourselves to have value, we begin to allow
our parts to express their value in the world that we’re
experiencing/creating with our perception.
The expression of ourselves doesn’t have to be overt or even perceived
by others, but we can gain intrinsic value by allowing all parts of
ourselves to be involved in the experience of living in our world.
A recent overt example of this in my life was allowing the wacky idea
of walking across Japan to manifest itself in reality.
A recent private example of this in my life is judging my
mother-in-law as a burden in my life. This judgement allows me to
realize that I have a judgey part of myself. This judgy part of me
hangs out in my head and often accuses me of being imperfect.
Accepting that I have a judgey part of myself can allow me to love
that aspect of myself and give it a more useful role.
e.g. Recognizing the value of having a “part of me that can make
judgment” gives me the option of using said part to make quality
decisions in my life.
What parts of you might you have trouble accepting in your life?
How might your experience of life be different if you accept those
parts of you and love them for the value they bring into your life?
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Today we explored a new way to acknowledge doubts that come up. This process gets to the bottom of the purpose of doubt in your life and how to move forward without doubts.
As we get started, let's take a moment to get present in this space.
Simply noticing your breathing, noticing your body.
Recognizing your body takes care of itself.
You can just enjoy living in the body in this moment.
Enjoy experiencing this moment without concern for the future or
past. Just be here now.
Noticing any feelings or emotion in your body, simply allow them to
be.
Notice the sense of calm and peace in the background, allowing that to
fill your experience, this ever present present moment.
Not waiting for the next; simply here, allowing the moment of now to
open up.
as we begin to come to a shared space, allow this feeling of calm to
continue the silence to continue even as you're listening even as
you're speaking,
still being in the silence.
At your own pace, allow yourself to come back into our shared space.
Welcome.
(Welcome new members and ground rules for live workshop)
Last week, our topic was letting go. And we allowed things to come in
as we let go of energies that no longer serve us. And for those who
We're here last week. I wonder how that was for you during the week?
And if you'd like to speak about that you're welcome. Did you allow
anything to go or notice anything coming in that serves you better?
settling down into today, I forgot to mention, if you have a notebook,
pen and paper notebook or something handy, then that will be
good. We'll have an option to make lists or make notes for
yourself. And the first bit is about the doubts and fears or the what
ifs that that habitually come up for you. So, just an invitation to
brainstorm doubts and fears that frequently come up for you. You don't
have to share these with the group. They're simply for your personal
awareness.
Looking over this list, notice the ways you react when the doubts come up.
How does the energy of the doubts affect your movements in your life or in the moment?
Take a moment and to write some of those down as well.
For me, some examples are like overthinking, or procrastinating. over eating...
How do you react when the doubts come up for you?
In my imagination, this second list might be easier to share. If you
want to share any of your reactions to doubts, feel free, or your
doubts themselves. You're welcome.
Nice. Thank you. Thank you all for sharing how your, your body or your
mind reacts to the doubts that come up. I want to use this reaction as
a key, or as a reminder for something that I'll describe in our
meditation process.
Take a moment to get re connected to your body, you may close your
eyes, if that serves you or keep them open. Simply noticing your body
in this moment of relaxation and relative stillness.
And think about or feel the sensations in your body that come up when
there are doubts in your mind. Just imagine having doubts about
something. Or if you have current doubts about something, just
slightly activate those in your mind. And notice your body's
response, or notice your mind's response.
Getting fully into this reaction to the doubts.
It's like an automatic habit that you have had for a long time. This
bodily response, this mental response. Feeling it, feeling the
response, we're going to add one more habit, as a reminder: to come
back to the present moment.
To breathe, simply notice what's happening in your physical
body. Whether it's noticing the reaction, or noticing the reaction
drop away as soon as it is seen...
Allow the reaction to be a reminder to come back to the present
moment.
Noticing your body, noticing the reaction as it drops away,
allowing it to bring you to the present moment.
So we're going to practice, two more times, same process. Allow some
doubt to come into your body, into your mind. Notice your doubt coming
up. Notice your body's reaction to it, whether you're getting tense or
frozen. Or overthinking. feeling fear, feeling sadness.
Feel it, feel it. And then "ah!" remember. Bringing it back to the
present moment. Then breathe
nice full belly breaths
overlaying this present moment automatically as those sensations come
up in your body,
allowing the sensations of the fear to relax.
Allow them to drift away,
as you are here, mindfully in the present moment,
calmly back in the truth of who you are.
Now, for this third time, we're going to do the same process and then
do a little interview with that part that's causing the reaction.
I'll ask the questions for that part, and then just allow you to write
the answers that come.
So going back into the state of doubt, feel the doubt your body in
your mind not knowing what to do. Wondering if you deserve good
treatment, wondering if you can say it.
Feel that doubt, feel your body's reaction. Feel it, feel it. And then
remember and breathe again.
And in your mind allow this reaction to
have a seat next to you. And we're going to interview this part just
allow the answers to come naturally.
Welcoming that part, that reaction into the chair next to you.
First question, what role do you serve in my life? What's your
intention for me?
Write the answers that come up on this question. What role do you
play? What's your intention for me?
Now, for the second question How long have you been doing this for me?
How long have you been in my life?
Now the third question.
When you are here, how may I address you? What name May I call you?
Take a moment to thank by name. Thank this part for its service. And
we'll move on to the next question.
Next question. What happens to me? If I don't listen to you?
What happens to me if I don't listen to you?
Thanking the part by name again, we'll move to the next question. What
happens to me if I do listen to you?
What happens to me if I do listen to you?
Thanking the part or the answer move to the next question Would you
like a different role in my life?
Would you prefer a different role in my life?
Thanking the part, I have a follow up question would you like to
retire from my life? and have your own life?
Would you like to retire? and have your own life?
Thanking the part to move on to the next question. What's the best way
for us to move forward?
What's the best way for us to move forward?
Thanking the part by name move to the last question. Is there anything
else you would like me to know?
What else would you like me to know?
Thanking the part again. Allow yourself to either reconnect if you
have a new job together or allow the part to move on to their new
life.
Re-settle yourself in your body,
thanking the part by name
Settling smoothly into potential new roles.
And as you're ready, allow yourself to come back into our shared space.
And I'm curious what you learned about this part of you that has given
you the reaction to doubts comes up.. Did you learn something about
yourself or learn about its role? What came up for you? You don't have
to share if you don't want to.
This process can be used multiple times. Thank you for exploring this
under a new way to see the doubts and reactions to them in life.
Learn how to use your subconscious to manifest your desires (sigil magic), and enjoy a meditation allowing new things in to your life.
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Today's concept is letting go. And there's a couple ways we can
practice letting go.
What's coming up as an idea is creating a vision for ourselves in
either a visual image if you if you enjoy sketching things out and
drawing, or it could be a text description like words describing your
optimal situation.
So of those two options, do you have a preference? If it would be
visual or verbal?
Yeah, and we can do both, I mean, in this case, I'll say "create your
vision," you'll be either writing words or drawing the vision.
Hmm? Yes, good, this, drawings will work in this process as well. So
just starting with whatever is most comfortable for you.
Take a moment to get in your mind, a vision of something you want to
create for yourself or to experience for yourself.
Make sure your request is something that is neutral to those around you.
You can say for example, "I receive money."
But do not say, "that one guy will pay me back money."
Or you can say "I receive love." But don't specify who you want to love you.
By keeping it neutral is safe practice.
Trying to change someone's will is a type of black magic. So be sure
you keep your request neutral for the universe, and the people around
you.
And we're going to do a process that allows it to be handled by your
subconscious is one way of saying it.
So starting with the verbal description that you can write, take a
couple minutes to describe the optimal situation that you want to
create for yourself, and it could just be one one small topic.
Take about
a minute or two minutes, write 10 or 20 words that described this
optimal situation.
Any one that you pick now is fine. This process works best if you do
it multiple times and the reason will become clear as we do the
process.
So don't worry too much about choosing the perfect one. Just allow
yourself to choose something that you want to create or experience in
your life. You don't have to share it with us. These can be your own
private desires, whatever they are.
Let me know once you have your phrase written.
Mine came out to 12 words. So 10 to 20 words is probably easy to work with.
And you can you can do this multiple times.
So, once you have your, your phrase your description, we're going to use
the letters of this description to create a symbol that represents
this phrase.
And there are many possible ways that this can be done, I'll go with
one that I learned from one of my teachers to start by removing all of
the vowels in the phrase.
So, leaving the consonants you can just cross out the vowels and then
rewrite the phrase with just just the consonants.
And then any repeated consonants will not get repeated in the new
version.
So removing the vowels, you're writing just the consonants that are
there one time for each consonant in the description.
And then once you have the consonants, kind of extracted will then
create a a symbol, I lost the word [sigil], like a seal.
So for me, I have the letters R, T, N, L, Y and then etcetera, that
I'm going to incorporate these into one symbol using just these
letters.
And they can be upside down or sideways. They can be merged
together. Anything that makes a unique a unique shape, that may be
interesting to look at.
Letters can be backwards or whatever. So I've come up with this,
incorporated all my letters here upside down and backwards and
sideways all merged into one shape.
And these are the consonants that I extracted from my phrase.
And then can refine this, this symbol, kind of melt it down, by
rewriting it until the actual words are out of your memory.
They're gone from your memory and i'ts just just the symbol that
remains
allow this symbol to get more and more symbolic.
And I just looked up the word it's called sigil, S-I-G-I-L that we're
creating.
I've got my sigil down to this shape here.
So the letters are almost not even visible anymore. But the
subconscious remembers.
I'll describe the next part but before doing it, the recommendation
would be to create some more sigils using the same concept until you
don't remember which one is which, but your subconscious remembers.
And creating that break in consciousness as part of the "letting go"
process that we're allowing the, the spirit or the the universal magic
to, to bring this into our awareness or into our lives.
And the next step once you have forgotten completely what the symbol
was for what's the sigils for: get into a highly emotionally highly
charged state.
And one of the most common versions for this is a sexually charged
state, to the point of orgasm in whatever way is best for you, whether
with a person or without, and take one of the sigils and look at it
during your experience of orgasm and let it burn into your mind.
and memorize it and feel it and not remember what it was but just
completely in that moment of, of high emotional energy, positive
emotional energy, charge that sigil into your mind and your memory and
then let it go.
Lose the paper it's done. And that's the process of using the sigil to
allow your your subconscious mind to bring this into your life with
emotional and spiritual connection.
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For the next part of tonight, I wanted to talk about what it means for
you to let go of something and what does it What does it require to
change in your being to let something go?
This is a very broad topic. So whatever answers come up for you are
welcome.
Using what I heard you guys speaking, I wonder if we can do a little
meditation process that might facilitate the letting go.
So, take a moment to settle into your space, using this as a miniature
letting go. Letting go of any tension in your body.
Letting go of your breathing.
Letting go of your mind as it may continue to run or not. Just let
that go. Either way is fine.
Recognizing that the mind may have its own ideas for how to control
things or how to bring things into fruition
and yet, you know from experience that most things are not yours to control.
So just for a moment, allow the mind to drift away.
Just let go of the mind for this moment.
Having already created the vision for what you want to achieve or what
you want to experience.
Allow yourself to trust the process.
Trust that the universe has heard your request.
And the entire universe is in motion toward fulfilling your highest desire.
As creative beings we create with our vision with our intention,
sending the vision out into the universe and allowing it to be
reflected back, effortlessly on our part.
Allowing yourself to allow a new vision into your life,
opening your heart, with the power of spirit within you.
Expand expanding your being to its full potential.
And allowing this answer from the universe into your life, into your
experience.
And as we enjoy this new experience, there will become a next desire
or a next want.
We create an intention or create a vision based on the new desire, the
new want.
visualizing it, and trusting the universe has heard.
Allowing ourselves to grow into the being who is ready for the answer,
ready to allow this new vision into your life.
This is an ongoing cycle, happening effortlessly as we live.
and adjusted exactly to the size we allow ourselves to accept.
Practice allowing yourself to be filled from within by the infinite
spirit fully embodying all of your parts all of your being,
allowing them to be manifest into our lives.
In a moment, we'll be coming back into our shared space.
Recognize this as a miniature version of the same:
visualizing seeing with your physical eyes: the room around you and
the computer screen
allowing the being inside you to grow into that space of eyes
open. Bringing this vision into reality
Allow each vision to be as seemingly as simple.
In the book Course of Miracles, it says there's no order in
miracles. They're all the same size.
If anything came up for you during that exercise, you're welcome to
share if you like.