Monthly buzz ... meditation 5/8 and food for thought
Shamaret Meditation Monday 5 August
You’re invited to join me for shamaret meditation this Monday evening.
Monday 5th August, 7.00 - 8.20pm.
Location: Summer Hill ($10 per evening)
You are welcome to attend for one night or on a regular basis.
Shamaret meditation brings together eastern meditation and shamanic meditation techniques and philosophies in a unique way, that supports you in journeying to your own higher consciousness and knowing.
For further information go to http://www.maretstaron.com/meditation
Email me if you’d like to attend so I can send you location details: maret@maretstaron.com
Moving beyond regret
Regret is usually about what we perceived we missed, mistakes we think we made or sadness we feel about something that we failed to do.
There was a time when I felt a lot of regret about the kind of life I could have lived if I’d been true to myself and worried less about the expectations of others or the conventions of society. During that time of regret, I learnt that it was important to give myself permission to grieve or mourn, that I hadn’t always lived by my own truth. It helped me to let go, to find my own truth and live my life more joyfully.
Sounds True have a podcast about regret. Tami Simon interviewed Bronnie Ware, who worked for several years as a caregiver for people who were dying. Bronnie identified 5 themes emerging from her patient’s reflections. She called them ‘the top 5 regrets of the dying’. They were:
I wish I had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me
I wish I hadn't worked so hard
I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings
I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends
I wish that I had let myself be happier.
You can listen to the podcast HERE.
If you have regrets, allow yourself to mourn (if relevant for you) and then work out how you want to move forward so you can leave those regrets behind… and not still be focused on them at the end of your life.