Meditation Mon 5 Oct and Food for thought (acceptance)
Shamaret meditation 5th Oct
Monday 5th October 2020
7 pm – 8.30pm Sydney time (AEST)
Summer Hill, Sydney
Fee $10
Attendance is either online (zoom) or in person (limited numbers). You are very welcome to attend for one evening or regularly. It’s suitable for both beginner and experienced meditators. We meet on the first Monday of the month, March to December. Further information about Shamaret Meditation: http://www.maretstaron.com/meditation
If you’d like to attend please let me know (by return email or text +61 414 432 737).
Acceptance … does not mean defeat
Sometimes the things that happen to us can knock us off our feet. Even if those things are not really tragic (in the big picture of life). For me, it was me railing against what life has thrown me (getting less for the sale of my house than I wanted to) and losing my strong connection to my place of centredness, joy and stillness. As I mentioned in the last blog, I eventually realised that ‘acceptance’ was a key for gaining back my true alignment. This does not mean defeat. It means accepting that things are as they are and then focusing on how to positively move forward. True acceptance comes from a place of strength.
Acceptance has been very liberating for me. I’ve also seen it’s effect in countless clients. Many have had horrendous experiences that leave scars for life. For them, acceptance is about saying this is how it was, this is the impact that it had on me, and it wasn’t okay, it was unacceptable … however I am going to move on from this and heal my wounds as best as I can and stop reacting to life from that place of woundedness. Instead I will find myself through all of this and start living my life from a place of who I truly am.
When people move into this phase of acceptance, it can take some time to change patterns. Old patterns that we take on board as a result of another person’s will to control us, have to be unlearnt. And they have to be replaced by new patterns of insight, thought and behaviour. It is a painful process to go through as our body is often in its comfort zone, even if that comfort zone simply brings us misery.
When we change our patterns, we often do it with our thoughts and actions first, and then our bodies need to start letting go of the pain. Many decide that it’s too hard and stay as they are. For those who have the courage and will to keep on, over time, they start to experience more happiness, fun, knowing, love and truth in their lives. Always a great thing to experience.
Having said that, it’s also a bit of a never ending journey. After we have made a significant shift in our patterns, we then tend to plateau and feel at ease as we complete that cycle. Then we get bored. So it’s time to move on. We can’t stay still forever. It’s either move on or go backwards. Hopefully the choice is to move on into the next cycle and shift. Challenging, though ultimately very rewarding.
I wish you all strength, courage, bliss and truth as you each walk your own path in life.