Abide in calmness as often as possible. Take time each day to not only seek solitude but to sit in calmness, with mind quiet, body still, heart at peace. Maybe just standing still in nature for a few minutes will give you the boost of energy and certainty that you need. Maybe just lifting your eyes to the sky at midday or midnight will bring you the peace and quiet you crave. Maybe just listening to your favorite music, or to something new that brings you joy and peace, will bring you to a place of calm certainty within yourself that will show you the next step to take on your journey of change. All days are equal in their opportunistic quality. Have you taken the opportunity to fully engage what is really being offered?
Things are taking a rapid turn in a new direction. Hold on tight! This is part of the acceleration of change that is taking place both in the earthly realm and in the realm beyond. We are holding on as well, for this is a time of great reckoning and what happens now will dictate what is to come for years into the future. It is not a time to speculate but only to stay calm and collected. Keep in mind that whatever happens, you are well prepared to handle it.
In the late 19th century, the deeply insightful ophthalmologist, William H. Bates, discovered that the best method to improve all errors in vision was to simply relax. The demands of the then ‘modern civilization’, such as being asked to read print in its smallest font, crammed upon a page, invited the reader to strain and squint, as the eyes stressed to read outside their normal, fully relaxed receptive mode of seeing.
What became known as the Bates Method is a series of practices that restores the eyes to the autonomy of complete relaxation with the consequent effect of improved vision. Bates suggested that if we try to see anything, we are in error.
The speed and demands of our current modern civilization, as it wrestles with its pressing shadow of annihilation, is one of constant bombardment of the nervous system, with its deeply arousing thoughts and consequent emotions of anxiety, fear and fretful anticipation. Beyond the eyes, all the organs and structures of the physical body are subject to disease and dysfunction in this stressed mental atmosphere of turmoil.
Meditation is a practice which restores relaxation to the mind. When the mind is at ease thoughts are few, and largely ones of choice, versus the typical state of free association, driving a non-stop train of thought. We are hardly exempt from intrusive thought when meditating, but we do learn to calmly and definitely withdraw our attention from the unwanted thought invitations that confiscate our focus and tax our central nervous system.
When we meditate, we gather in our power of intent. Intent is the power of thought, as exercised, for instance, in the power of autosuggestion to the subconscious mind. We increase the power and effectiveness of intent through retrieving and re-channeling the energy wasted in attention to fragmented thoughts that siphon our vital energy and deliver mixed messages to the subconscious mind.
We live in a universe of thought. From without, our plugged-in generation is incessantly deluged with the thoughts of others, both human and AI generated. At the subtle level of what the shamans call inorganic life—beings or souls with mental powers but not a physical form—we are also telepathically surrounded by the thoughts of others seeking to influence our beliefs, actions and emotions.
We do have the power of intent to cast off these parasitic thoughts, but we must first purify our intent. Here, we must face our own attraction to the excitement that thoughts bring us, yes, even by religiously following the behaviors of those we find obnoxious and absurd. Like does attract like. If we want excitement, excitement will definitely find its way to us.
If we exercise our intent to detach our attention from that which excites and drains our vital energy, it slowly but definitely releases us, as the emotional food of calm that we produce is tasteless to its desire. As with the Bates Method, we are here not trying to do anything, but instead releasing ourselves from programs of thought that disrupt our true state of calm.
As we gather in our intent and power of controlled thought our nervous system slows down. Freed of activating thought impressions it releases the tensions locked in the body from the play of old thoughts, or those of others, that take up residence in the drone of our internal dialogue.
We may be naturally drawn to deepen our breath as our bodies open naturally to the oxygen and subtle prana that feed our minds and bodies. This attention to the breath takes us deeper into alpha and theta brain wave states, where, with intent, we might obtain guidance from our Higher Self, or other higher beings whose wisdom we are open and available to.
When we gather within and slow it down, all things are possible.
Find your center within and use it to anchor yourself throughout the day by turning inward and knowing that you have the ability to calm and center yourself there on command. In this centering, find that you can slow the thoughts in the head, slow the pulsing of the blood through the body, slow the heart rate and calm the central nervous system. This is your inner power. Your body will obey. It will do what you tell it to do, especially the more you focus on it, the more you practice it, and the more you train it. Relax. Breathe. Talk to yourself in soothing directives. Use your inner power by centering within and peace will reign.
Check your vitals. Are you calm and relaxed? Is your mind in a state of repose? Are your thoughts minimal and without charge? Is your heart center cool and empty while also warm and full? With your spirit present, your mind at rest, and your heart center open, declare yourself fit and full of vigor. These vital centers are as important as any technical vitals a doctor might check. Give yourself a checkup to start the day. If calmness and openness are not your present state, then work on yourself to get to a new state that will work in your favor and so that your spirit may emerge and be present throughout the day. Your calm spirit is the best doctor you will ever encounter.
