Monthly buzz ... meditation 4/11 and food for thought
Shamaret Meditation Monday 4 November
You’re very welcome to join me for one night of meditation or on a regular basis. We meet on the first Monday of the month (March to November).
Next meditation evening (last one for 2019)
Monday 4th November 2019
7.00 pm – 8.20 pm (arrive around 6.50pm if you’d like a cuppa beforehand)
$10 per evening
Summer Hill, Sydney.
Email me if you’d like to attend, so I can send you location details: maret@maretstaron.com
As it’s the last meditation evening for 2019, you’re invited to stay after meditation, for a cuppa and cake (I’ll provide), however of course, if you’d like to contribute (something small), please do.
Shamaret meditation brings together eastern and shamanic meditation techniques in a unique way, to support you journeying to your own consciousness and knowing. For further information go to http://www.maretstaron.com/meditation
Are you a meditator or a spiritual warrior?
For over 25 years I was a regular (often daily) meditator. I reluctantly admit that I initially had some fixed ideas about meditation – if I was to be a ‘proper’ meditator, I needed to sit in a particular way, I needed to sit for a certain length of time, I needed to sit before 7am, etc. I eventually learnt that this was not what was important in meditation, at least not for me. I needed to work out the style of meditation that most effectively helped me become still, present and conscious. I gradually learnt that meditation was a means to an end, not an end in itself.
Meditation assisted me in calming my mind and emotions. I must admit that sometimes it had the opposite effect, because being in a place of meditative stillness, I connected to deeper emotions and thoughts, including my grief and sadness. However, I eventually worked my way through all of that. When I eventually started living my daily life (in my mind and emotions) with joy, stillness and serenity, I noticed that I started meditating less. And when I did meditate, my practice changed dramatically – from an eastern based meditation style, to a more shamanic meditation style.
It was around this time (about 3 years ago) that my spiritual teacher suggested I was needing to focus more on a spiritual warrior’s path, than a meditator’s path. The spiritual warrior path is more about learning to stay in my integrity, compassion and joy, irrespective of what is happening around me. To always express my true essence and truth in everything that I say, do and have. To be open spiritually to Source/Divinity, while at the same time being grounded firmly in life on this planet.
This then leads me to my current belief and experience: that it’s not an either/or question about whether you are a meditator or a spiritual warrior. I think it’s more about being conscious of those aspects in your life. And being aware that focusing on one at a particular time, may serve you most at that time, and at another time, your focus may need to change. It usually boils down to, do what serves you best and is in greatest alignment with your true essence.