Day 362 of 365 - The Count Down is On - Spirit

To paraphrase from a special guided meditation that I've been using recently:  "The body is sacred;  the mind is essential;  the heart is vital and the soul is our Divine compass."  That kind of sums up my ideal for integrating the experience of living.

What also comes to mind is the notion of an expansive energy, probably universal in nature, what you might call God or Spirit, from which the source of our lives as humans on this earth comes.  There is an ongoing connection in the form of flowing energy, which we can access via focus and intentions, or may simply receive as an experience of grace.

How do we tap into that source energy?  That's where practices like meditation, prayer, contemplation, reflection, rituals, and intention setting come in.

I've had a full day today and was not able to fit in my usual meditation time.  However, I did still have some time early this morning to give myself a mini chakra balancing Reiki treatment before getting out of bed.  I also charged all the crystals on my altar with Reiki for sending to others and did a few mini distance Reiki sendings to individuals.

There was also time to choose a wisdom card to help set a focus for today.  Today's card said:  'Life exists of itself, by itself, and in itself.  The source of life exists as oneness of itself, by itself, and in itself.  You are a flower that blossomed from this life, a phenomenon created by this oneness.'  That's a pretty good reminder that I am a tiny aspect of a much greater whole, and that I am connected to it, not separate from it.

Doing even these little practices in my early morning time makes me aware of the spiritual and energetic aspects of life.  They help me to feel that I belong to something greater than myself or the concrete world around me.  They take me out of the limited aspects of my ego and mind.

When I have or take the time to do longer, more in depth guided meditations, such as the one represented by the first quote, I feel the connection even more deeply.  My heart swells and I feel like I'm connected to HOME, in the greatest sense of the word.

One of my hopes when I started this blog challenge was that I would delve more into spiritual themes and be motivated to expand my meditation practices.  I'm not so sure I accomplished that with my writing, but other circumstances occurred which provided me opportunities to try out more in depth meditations for a few weeks or so at a time.  It seems to have been enough to get me hooked.  I now want to do the longer meditations at least a few times a week, and would rather even do that in the evening that watch a TV program.

I guess I could say that I'm trying to be more aware of that Divine compass for guidance in this lifetime, in this body.  I definitely want to keep on this path to feel connected to Spirit, and am grateful for where this year has led me.

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