By Robin Littlefeather on May 3, 2009
It's been quite a crazy time we live in. First there has been economic upheaval, and now we have a new viral strain floating around. It seems as if everywhere we look there is fear, and fear mongering. The hysteria about all the things happening right now seems contagious. In Egypt they are slaughtering pigs although there is not one shred of evidence that pigs are infectious in any way. In the USA entire schools are closing for weeks. We just had one close where I live because one child "might" have this flu.
In this time of fear and panic I choose to refuse to fear. Yes I will take ordinary precautions such as hand washing, common sense when there is something going around, but I absolutely will not fear.
Fear is simply negative faith. What we believe and how we choose to react to things has an impact on our reality and what is manifested. Constant fear produces adrenaline which is a strain on adrenal glands. It also inhibits immune response and strains the entire body. Once our bodies are thrown off kilter we then become sitting targets for illness. The more we fear the more likely it is we will get ill. The more stress, the more our body shuts itself down, and the sicker we become.
During my day I will take the time to stop whatever it is I am doing and simply breathe. I am not talking about shallow chest breathing, but a technique that actually improves over all health, and destresses body and mind. I breathe in to my diaphram and imagine that Spirit's light is going all the way down to about an inch or two below my belly button. This point is called the Tantien. I imagine the light swirling around in that point and through my body and then breathe out any tension, negativity, or anything else that might harm me. I imagine my body becoming calmer, looser, freer. I find where in my body I am holding tension and let it go by breathing out. This takes fifteen minutes and can easily be done first thing in the morning, at lunch time, and again in the evening.
Along with the physical breathing I find positive statements, ideas or things to replace fearful or negative thoughts. If one is concerned about the flu a positive statement might be, "I am well and whole and continue to remain so. I place my faith in Creator and know that I am safe in the midst of this concern." What we say with our mouths literally does get into our Spirits. It may seem kind of silly even feel false at first, but the more we say things to ourselves, the more real it becomes. If we must say anything, why not invest in positive and healthful statements instead of negative ones? What do we really have to loose with this?
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Sunday, May 3, 2009
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
New Year
Well friends this has been quite a year. The winds of change and the time of reaping and sowing certainly seems to have been the theme for 2008.
Some are saying that perhaps 2009 will be a respite and a small window of rest from the tumult of 2008. I truly hope that this coming year is a respite. We definitely are being purged as it were in the fire. Everything that is dross is being burned away. We are stepping through a threshold, and we are being asked to ponder who we are without our possessions, without our wealth, and without our security. All that has defined America as a nation and people has been put to the fire. We have become fat, lazy, indulgent and greedy. Our greed has lead to a crisis that has not been seen since the time of the great depression. We are on the verge of a new birth and a new order. In this process a spirit of fear and dread has swept over many. For others, it has been an attack waged on spirit and body unlike anything previously seen. More now than ever we must ground ourselves in the middle of this storm. We must put on our armor of faith and hope to survive, and be willing to let go of every pre conceived notion in order to move forward. If indeed we are due for a respite, this is also a time to remember it is simply that, a small window to gird up our loins and gather our strength. We are no longer allowed the luxury to go around fat and belching with our spiritual tummies hanging over our belts. The call is loud and clear to wake up from our slumbers. Now more than ever we must stand in the gap as the world spins out its current course.
Some are saying that perhaps 2009 will be a respite and a small window of rest from the tumult of 2008. I truly hope that this coming year is a respite. We definitely are being purged as it were in the fire. Everything that is dross is being burned away. We are stepping through a threshold, and we are being asked to ponder who we are without our possessions, without our wealth, and without our security. All that has defined America as a nation and people has been put to the fire. We have become fat, lazy, indulgent and greedy. Our greed has lead to a crisis that has not been seen since the time of the great depression. We are on the verge of a new birth and a new order. In this process a spirit of fear and dread has swept over many. For others, it has been an attack waged on spirit and body unlike anything previously seen. More now than ever we must ground ourselves in the middle of this storm. We must put on our armor of faith and hope to survive, and be willing to let go of every pre conceived notion in order to move forward. If indeed we are due for a respite, this is also a time to remember it is simply that, a small window to gird up our loins and gather our strength. We are no longer allowed the luxury to go around fat and belching with our spiritual tummies hanging over our belts. The call is loud and clear to wake up from our slumbers. Now more than ever we must stand in the gap as the world spins out its current course.
Friday, December 26, 2008
In times of shaking
In this time of extreme shaking, it seems as even our very foundation is shifting. Everything we have known, all the things we have counted on seems like so much sand sifting between our fingers.
As Americans we have tended to define ourselves by what we can accomplish in our lifetimes, and what we can accrue. In this time of economic upheaval we no longer have the same luxuries, and the job market has become dismal and difficult.
The question then becomes what are we without the things that have come to define us? If due to the failing job market we are no longer physician, pharmacist, auto dealer, realtor, etc, who and what are we and what defines us?
Reiki in these times can help us to ground and breath and find out exactly who and what we are without all the trappings that we have allowed to define us. It helps us to get to our source, and to our center. It brings strength and the ability to focus into the current chaos. Reiki can help as well with stress induced problems brought on by the climate of worry and fear around us. While the tumult rages around us, we can be in the center of it with both peace and clarity.
Not only can Reiki help us define ourselves, it can help us to reach out to be a center of grounding and a place of comfort. We can give hope, a sense of purpose by standing in the gap as it were allowing Reiki to calm and assure ourselves and others.
As Americans we have tended to define ourselves by what we can accomplish in our lifetimes, and what we can accrue. In this time of economic upheaval we no longer have the same luxuries, and the job market has become dismal and difficult.
The question then becomes what are we without the things that have come to define us? If due to the failing job market we are no longer physician, pharmacist, auto dealer, realtor, etc, who and what are we and what defines us?
Reiki in these times can help us to ground and breath and find out exactly who and what we are without all the trappings that we have allowed to define us. It helps us to get to our source, and to our center. It brings strength and the ability to focus into the current chaos. Reiki can help as well with stress induced problems brought on by the climate of worry and fear around us. While the tumult rages around us, we can be in the center of it with both peace and clarity.
Not only can Reiki help us define ourselves, it can help us to reach out to be a center of grounding and a place of comfort. We can give hope, a sense of purpose by standing in the gap as it were allowing Reiki to calm and assure ourselves and others.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Abiding Reiki Newsletter for January 08
Sitting in Stillness
In our modern day world we have forgotten how to sit in absolute stillness, breathe and meditate waiting for Spirit. From our conception we are surrounded by a cacophony of noise. We have music, television, car noise, crowds, all clamoring for our attention. We’ve grown so used to this hectic pace and way of life that sitting still becomes not only very difficult but for some impossible and frightening.
Our Elders before us in the Cherokee way knew not only how to sit still, they knew how to ground themselves into the Earth and wait quietly. They knew how to take a deep breath and sit in the stillness and revel in the quiet calm they created. This stillness created health in body, soul and spirit. It was in this place of calm and solitude that they could regenerate, communicate with Spirit, and receive the wisdom they so needed for their lives.
Many Europeans who had a different mindset misunderstood this mindset of the Native American and mistook it for stoicism. In fact it became a stereotype to see a Chief or a Native American leader portrayed on television with no more than a frown and a grunt. What was not understood is that our people saw words as power, and as manifestation. Feelings and thoughts were not to be shared lightly simply because the spoken word has power, and power brings manifestation. It was not so much stoicism as it was wisdom.
In this day and there are many different courses in breath or breathing. Imagine, we have even forgotten how to breathe in the madcap insanity that we have created of our world. There are courses in meditation because our minds have become so cluttered we cannot remember how to relax and let go. We have strayed so far from stillness and mother earth that the abnormal seems normal. We live in glass and concrete cities, and we breathe in polluted air. We rush in and out of subways, cabs, buses, and planes harried and frazzled. We do not put our feet in Mother Earth, or feel her grass beneath our feet any more. We have disconnected ourselves spirit, soul, and body, and now there is a restoration and a new movement that is trying to reconnect us with ourselves and with the Earth who is our Mother.
There is a call back to sitting in stillness, calmness and grounding back to Mother Earth. What was once ridiculed has now been found to be not only wise but necessary for our health spiritually, physically, and mentally. We must once again reacquaint ourselves with stillness and calm. We must not allow the distractions of our present day to keep us from learning this. It’s time to remember the simple things such as breathing, or feeling the grass beneath our feet. It’s time to plant, to sow, to remember the earth is our treasure, our sustenance and our Mother. It’s time to learn to control our tongues and remember the sanctity of words and the power of them. We need to learn respect for ourselves once more and the wisdom of sitting in stillness. More importantly we need to be unafraid of facing ourselves in this new stillness. Spirit wants to do a new work but as long as we deafen ourselves with mental spiritual or physical noise we will not move forward in this new beginning.
In our modern day world we have forgotten how to sit in absolute stillness, breathe and meditate waiting for Spirit. From our conception we are surrounded by a cacophony of noise. We have music, television, car noise, crowds, all clamoring for our attention. We’ve grown so used to this hectic pace and way of life that sitting still becomes not only very difficult but for some impossible and frightening.
Our Elders before us in the Cherokee way knew not only how to sit still, they knew how to ground themselves into the Earth and wait quietly. They knew how to take a deep breath and sit in the stillness and revel in the quiet calm they created. This stillness created health in body, soul and spirit. It was in this place of calm and solitude that they could regenerate, communicate with Spirit, and receive the wisdom they so needed for their lives.
Many Europeans who had a different mindset misunderstood this mindset of the Native American and mistook it for stoicism. In fact it became a stereotype to see a Chief or a Native American leader portrayed on television with no more than a frown and a grunt. What was not understood is that our people saw words as power, and as manifestation. Feelings and thoughts were not to be shared lightly simply because the spoken word has power, and power brings manifestation. It was not so much stoicism as it was wisdom.
In this day and there are many different courses in breath or breathing. Imagine, we have even forgotten how to breathe in the madcap insanity that we have created of our world. There are courses in meditation because our minds have become so cluttered we cannot remember how to relax and let go. We have strayed so far from stillness and mother earth that the abnormal seems normal. We live in glass and concrete cities, and we breathe in polluted air. We rush in and out of subways, cabs, buses, and planes harried and frazzled. We do not put our feet in Mother Earth, or feel her grass beneath our feet any more. We have disconnected ourselves spirit, soul, and body, and now there is a restoration and a new movement that is trying to reconnect us with ourselves and with the Earth who is our Mother.
There is a call back to sitting in stillness, calmness and grounding back to Mother Earth. What was once ridiculed has now been found to be not only wise but necessary for our health spiritually, physically, and mentally. We must once again reacquaint ourselves with stillness and calm. We must not allow the distractions of our present day to keep us from learning this. It’s time to remember the simple things such as breathing, or feeling the grass beneath our feet. It’s time to plant, to sow, to remember the earth is our treasure, our sustenance and our Mother. It’s time to learn to control our tongues and remember the sanctity of words and the power of them. We need to learn respect for ourselves once more and the wisdom of sitting in stillness. More importantly we need to be unafraid of facing ourselves in this new stillness. Spirit wants to do a new work but as long as we deafen ourselves with mental spiritual or physical noise we will not move forward in this new beginning.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Abiding Reiki Newsletter for December 2007
Winter's Introspection
Many find that winter seems to be a time of change. Certainly this year has been an example of huge changes spiritually and energetically. Many of us have faced challenges in our bodies, emotions, work place, and even friendships. Things that are not for our highest good seem to have left our lives, and we are in the process of grieving some of the things we thought we counted on. Old habits, the unpleasant shadow side that dwells within us has been revealed to deal with, and things that hinder our walk have come to light. Some of these things have been emotionally draining, difficult, sad, and have created a great deal of stress.
As well as change on the internal front we have had cataclysmic events on the physical plane. There was the fires in California, the earthquakes in various countries, the odd climate changes, severe drought in Georgia and the Southern regions. We are in a transition politically now that President Bush will be leaving office, and our fate as a nation seems tenuous. We live in a climate of fear and terrorism and it weighs heavily on people's hearts and minds.
It is important that we take the time during this season to take care of ourselves energetically. With all these changes going on we will need to hybernate, rest and pamper ourselves a bit. Take the time to slow down and enjoy the small things life has to offer. Rest your body and spirit with meditation, prayer, time out, good food and nutrition. Take stock of where you are and where you want to be. Begin to make a list of things you'd like to see manifested in the coming year. Stay positive and focused and grounded. While the world is whirling around and the rug seems to be pulled out from under us, we can remember that we have a choice in how we react to these things. We can be pulled into fear, worry, and stress, or we can take a step back and allow ourselves to hybernate and recover while the storm outside rages.
Many find that winter seems to be a time of change. Certainly this year has been an example of huge changes spiritually and energetically. Many of us have faced challenges in our bodies, emotions, work place, and even friendships. Things that are not for our highest good seem to have left our lives, and we are in the process of grieving some of the things we thought we counted on. Old habits, the unpleasant shadow side that dwells within us has been revealed to deal with, and things that hinder our walk have come to light. Some of these things have been emotionally draining, difficult, sad, and have created a great deal of stress.
As well as change on the internal front we have had cataclysmic events on the physical plane. There was the fires in California, the earthquakes in various countries, the odd climate changes, severe drought in Georgia and the Southern regions. We are in a transition politically now that President Bush will be leaving office, and our fate as a nation seems tenuous. We live in a climate of fear and terrorism and it weighs heavily on people's hearts and minds.
It is important that we take the time during this season to take care of ourselves energetically. With all these changes going on we will need to hybernate, rest and pamper ourselves a bit. Take the time to slow down and enjoy the small things life has to offer. Rest your body and spirit with meditation, prayer, time out, good food and nutrition. Take stock of where you are and where you want to be. Begin to make a list of things you'd like to see manifested in the coming year. Stay positive and focused and grounded. While the world is whirling around and the rug seems to be pulled out from under us, we can remember that we have a choice in how we react to these things. We can be pulled into fear, worry, and stress, or we can take a step back and allow ourselves to hybernate and recover while the storm outside rages.
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