The Everyday Mystic

Christmas Eve is magic.  Millions of people around the world are turning their thoughts to peace, hope and love tonight and the combined energy of those hearts and minds alone makes this night holy.  Ancient legend says that on Christmas Eve, animals talk to humans, sharing their wisdom. It is time to plug into the power of the soul world tonight and draw down some wisdom for you.

From my heart to yours, here is a Christmas Eve meditation. 

Mindfully light a candle, preferably white, and place it in front of you. Sit comfortably, with back straight and feet on the ground, or on a meditation cushion or bench. Soften your belly. Gently close your eyes. Take several deep, long breaths to relax your body. Quiet your mind by focusing on the breath for several moments. Let go of any tension in the body – relax your leg muscles, your stomach, your shoulders, your face.

When you feel centered and relaxed, imagine that it is night time and you are walking up a wooded path that gently slopes upward toward the top of a hill.  It is a chilly night, but the climb and your warm clothes keep you warm on the inside. You are carrying a lantern that casts a gentle but powerful light, so that you can see clearly the path in front of you and the trees that seem to hug the side of the smooth path you walk.  You can’t see where you are going but you keep on, knowing that the climb will be worthwhile and you will be richly rewarded for your efforts.  Imagine your slow but steady steps as you climb the hill. Take in the beauty of the safe, still night as you breathe deeply of the forest’s clean, crisp air.

With one more step, you erupt through the woods and arrive at the top of the hill.  There is a beautiful wooden bench there, waiting to provide you rest after your long climb.  Sit on the bench and rest for a few moments, giving thanks for the climb.  When you are ready, look up and search the night sky.  Do you see a particularly bright star in the eastern sky?  Focus on it for a moment, and appreciate its beauty.  As you gaze at the wondrous star, ask yourself the following questions and listen intently to the wisdom that comes to you, either through your knowing, your hearing, your sight or your feeling:

• What am I grateful for this Christmas Eve?  What blessings can I appreciate?
• What are my visions for myself and my loved ones?  What good do I wish to manifest in my life during the coming year?
• What are my hopes for this earth and all my sisters and brothers on it?  What are my blessings for everyone?

Linger on the hill top until you hear or know the answers, then gently pick up your lantern and slowly descend, following the beautiful and peaceful path. When you are ready, open your eyes, take a deep breath and smile. You may wish to write down the answers that you received on the hilltop.

Blessings to you on this holy Christmas Eve.

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Yesterday was Halloween, a vastly misunderstood spiritual holiday that has been bastardized by marketing mavens and turned into a secular holiday that has little to do with its sweet spiritual origins. In earth-based spiritual traditions, Halloween was honored as new year’s eve, the time to honor your ancestors and to align yourself with wisdom from the spiritual realm.  On Halloween (All Hallow’s Evening or All Holy Evening), the veil between the two worlds (temporal and spiritual) is the thinnest. In the purest sense, it is a time of introspection and communion with All That Is.  It is a time to make yourself right with the Divine and with the spirits of your loved ones who have made their transition. 

In the Christian tradition, today is All Saints Day (November 1) and tomorrow is All Souls Day (November 2), a time to honor all saints and souls that have passed away. 

In Mexico, parts of the US Southwest and Central America, it is a time for people to honor their ancestors in Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations.  Rather than looking on death as the end, these people honor the ongoing spiritual life of the dead with flowers and food.  Dia de los Muertos celebrations extend from October 31 to November 2.

I had a session yesterday with my spiritual director, as part of the spiritual director’s training program I’m enrolled in.  Spiritual direction is like a working with a coach who is concerned about your spiritual journey.  I should have known that a session on such a holy day would be significant. Throughout the session, I cried as if I couldn’t stop and communicated often with my deceased mother, who I could hear as if she was in the room with me. I was so wrung out after the session that I went to bed for most of the remaining afternoon.  I realize now that I experienced something deeply holy in that spiritual direction session, a communion with my Mother and with God. My experience was catalyzed by the power of the day, All Hallows (All Holy) Eve.  Duh! - in retrospect, I should not have been surprised or confused by my experience.

How might you observe this powerful holiday time, when the veil between the spiritual and temporal world is the thinnest?  It’s not too late - All Saints Day and All Souls Day span the rest of the weekend!  Here are a few suggestions to enjoy the sweetness of this holy time:

• Bow in gratitude to those who have come before us.  If you can do nothing else today, take a moment and simply bow, with your palms together in front of your heart, to the miracle of life and death and to those who have preceded us. 
• Light a candle.  The act of lighting a candle for your deceased love ones, or for all decreased souls, is a simple acknowledgement of the light and love that is always stronger than darkness and hatred.
• Build an altar.  Many people enjoy building an altar at this time of the year.  You might place a picture of your departed loved one on it, next to a cross or other symbol of your faith. Flowers make it lovely. It can be simple or ornate. Build an altar that makes you smile and feel happy. 
• Set aside time for a special prayer or meditation time. Make time for a special meditation or prayer session in which you quiet yourself and listen.  See if you can hear God’s message for you, either directly or through the voice of a deceased love one. Express your gratitude for the life of your loved one. This is a good time to forgive or apologize to that deceased one, to make things right with them.  Do not underestimate the power of soul-to-soul communication.
• Visit a loved one’s grave site.  Bring flowers to honor that person. Take time to be quiet and speak to your loved one.  Notice anything you sense, whether it is physically, mentally or audibly. The dead communicate with us through any means at a spiritual being’s disposal: they might send you a soft breeze, an inner knowing, a tingle or feeling of warmth, or words that you sense or hear.  Be aware, notice and honor whatever comes to you.

Blessings to you!

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It’s a jungle out there right now.  The world economy is a mess, people are fearful for their jobs, and great amounts of wealth have been obliterated with the capital market’s implosion. It’s so easy to get sucked into fearful thinking. Want to be happy instead of worried?  When I’m down in the dumps, I use a special visualization to literally pull me up and out of it.  It’s my delight to share it with you here:

Sit comfortably in a chair. Imagine your worst fears: your 401k that’s in the tank, having to delay retirement so you can revive your investment portfolio, losing your job, etc. Picture a scene that represents the fears you are grappling with and picture yourself in the scene. For example, you might imagine yourself with your head in your heads as you review your stock portfolio.  Once you get a clear picture of your scene, make a clone of your spirit and assign it the job of “observer”. Imagine your observer spirit fly up to the rooftop to view this scene with its x-ray vision. What do you observe from the rooftop?

Now send your spirit up to the clouds and have it view the scene with you in it. What does your spirit observe from the clouds?

Now send your spirit up to the moon and have it view the scene with you in it. What does your spirit observe from the moon?

Now send your spirit up to heaven, where it can perceive all of the cosmos. Ask your spirit to view the scene back on earth. Then, tell your spirit to consult with a Divine entity (you might call it God, Goddess, Allah or others) to determine if there is a Divine meaning to what is going on in the scene on earth. What does your spirit tell you from heaven?

Come back to earth and slowly open your eyes.  Breathe deeply.

Did this change your perspective?  I always see my problems in a new light after doing this exercise. Coming back from heaven, I feel surrounded by the love of God and all angels.  What power can fear possibly have over me now?

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I have heard it from many sources: Bring everything, including all your troubles, into your spiritual practice.  Exclude nothing from your conversation with Source energy. Bring everything to the Divine, laying it at the feet of God. 

Here are some ways to bring everything into your spiritual practice:

1. In prayer, tell God what is troubling you.  Lay bare your feelings, your worries, your anxieties. Feel the feelings. Describe them in minute detail.   Then ask for guidance and wait.  Wait for the Divine message.  Be open to whatever comes to you, whether it be a feeling, a vision, an intuition or a voice.  A friend shared with me that he once had trouble forgiving someone for snubbing him - a relatively minor infraction, but it was mushrooming into a BIG DEAL as he ruminated about it in his mind.  He included the situation in his meditation, asking God for help and a new perspective on the situation.  He had a visualization in which God guided his mind up to the highest reaches of heaven and said, "Now, what is your perspective on this situation?" My friend laughed at God’s sense of humor - of course, this incident seemed small and insignificant from the viewpoint of heaven.  He immediately felt overcome with peace and tranquility toward the person who snubbed him.
2. In meditation, bring to mind the situation that you are concerned about.  Again, lay bare your feelings, worries and anxieties. You might imagine going deep into your feelings and mental interpretations about the situation, like going into the eye of a hurricane.  Then imagine the storm quickly passing and all that remains are some soft, fluffy clouds against a blue sky.  The clouds represent your feelings and interpretations.  Watch them float away from sight.  You may see the clouds disperse, breaking up into clumps of water molecules.  Notice if you feel the grip of your emotions lessen a bit.
3. In visualization, imagine bundling up all your worries and concerns into a black trash bag.  Stuff them in very tightly, then close the bag with a knot.  Imagine sending the bag down into the middle of the earth, where it is so hot that everything turns to molten lava.  Because your worries are so toxic, they ignite in the fire of the earth’s center, burning off the charge of negative emotions.  Then, bring the fire of pure energy back up and into your body, where it now purifies your heart, mind and spirit.
4. Again, visualize stuffing all your worries and troubles into a black trash bag.  Close it up very tightly and put a knot in the mouth of the bag.  Then imagine yourself kneeling in front of God and laying the bag of twisted troubles at God’s feet.  Leave it there.

These thoughts focus on troubling aspects of our lives.  It is natural for us to turn to our Higher Power for comfort when we we struggle with life. 

A practice of bringing gratitude to God is also rewarding.  The wonderful thing about gratitude is that it highlights the many wondrous, albeit small, blessings we observe in our lives.  By noticing and thanking Source for these things, we double our blessings: once for the blessing itself and twice in recalling it. I count my blessings in my journal most mornings.  I put a star beside them, which reminds me of my first grade teacher affixing gold stars to my papers. It makes me feel good to notice my blessings.  Yes, it gives me a sense of accomplishment, but more than that, a sense of awe that the Divine has kissed me, as it were, with blessings.

Bring everything into your spiritual practice.

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Angels and spirit guides visit me during meditation.

Encircling me, they draw near, shoulder to shoulder.

Dazzling ring of light and love is all around me.  I feel their love and devotion.

"Tell them," they whisper in my ear. "Tell them about us."

"Tell them what?" I ask anxiously, hoping they will go away. "And who is them?"

"Tell your readers that we surround them.

We surround each person with love, comfort and divine support.

We orchestrate things like a great composer.

We cause people to cross your path.

We seed your mind with ideas.

We whisper in your ears. 

We help you to hear, to see what you need.

We are there always, just beyond your glance.

We uphold you.

We guide your every step.

Tell them: Fear not, for we are with you always."

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In traditional prayer, we talk to God and lay bare our souls, express our deepest desires and ask for blessings on ourselves and others.  Is there a way that we can discern God’s communication back to us?  My answer to that question is an emphatic YES! God communicates with us constantly.  There are many ways that I know of that God sends us messages.  Some of them are through inspiration, through synchronicities, and by listening for the still, small voice. There are many more, but let’s start with these.

Let’s set some assumptions to begin this discussion.  I assume the following:

• God or Source is a part of each of us, just like we are a part of God
• Not only are we connected with source, but we are connected with all humanity and with the physical world
• Everything happens for a reason
• We attract to ourselves that which we think about and believe
• To change the world around us, we need to change our thoughts and beliefs

If we believe these tenets of interconnectedness and the power of our thoughts and beliefs, then we can recognize Source’s messages to us through the following means:

Inspiration: I find that many of the thoughts and ideas that come to me are instant messages from Source.  I figure that the first thought that I have in reaction to a question or situation is usually the right one, couriered to me from divine realms. My first thought is pure and devoid of my own interpretation, appearing too swiftly for it to be vetoed by my ego.  Often, these inspirations will come to me while I’m doing something else like brushing my teeth or showering, and usually just after I awake in the morning.  Trust your first thought. Pay attention and honor it. The biggest hurdle to inspiration is to become aware of and remember that first thought. The ego-mind is quick to dismiss it and start its own analysis.  When you are in ego-mind, you can be pretty sure that nothing - zip, zero, nada - purely divine is coming through.

Synchronicities: There are no accidents. Our souls are working to create opportunities for us to learn and grow in the most helpful ways. Therefore, everything "happens" to us for a reason.  We attract learning opportunities to us through our thoughts and beliefs. People tell us things, we receive a phone call, an animal crosses our paths - all these are synchronicities that we can pay attention to.  The reason I’m a blogger is because of synchronicity: My marketing assistant and I were talking last November and she just happened to mention a class she was taking on creating internet communities. She said that blogging is the first step in creating an online community or business. Eureka! My resonation with that idea was deafening - and resonation is a good clue that synchronicity has struck. She and I worked to build my blog at kristinrobertson.com, and my first post was on Christmas Eve.

Listening: If we believe that we are a part of Source/God, then if we can quite our ego-mind, we should be able to hear that Biblical still, small voice.  I once had a spiritual teacher who suggested this approach to hearing that still, small voice. Go into meditation and still your mind (I have suggested methods to do this in previous posts). Once you have stilled your mind, invite an ascended master, such as Jesus, Buddha, Goddess, or your own spiritual guide, to join you. Perhaps you can mentally pull up a chair for that entity to sit in, and position it so you can have an intimate conversation.  If you are an auditory intuitive, you may hear the entity’s voice (this is the method that comes naturally to me).  If you are a kinesthetic intuitive, you may feel the presence of something special. Or, you may wish to write what you hear, or Spirit might write through you. You may have to experiment with what modality works best for you. Be still and wait for a communication. Believe that you will hear, or see, or feel your Truth, and you will.

I have faith that each person who reads this can sense a direct communication with the Divine. Be aware. Notice what happens to you. Try not to judge, compare or strive. Just have fun with it.  Do not denigrate any experience you have - if it comes from your True Self, it is truth for you. 

Blessings to you as you come to know that you are never alone, that you are always surrounded by Divine love.

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Lapses in our spiritual practice cannot be cause for beating ourselves up.  If we wish to practice forgiveness in our lives, it has to start on the inside by allowing ourselves to take sabbaticals every now and then from even our most cherished practices. An attitude of acceptance is the best approach - "it is what it is" is a good affirmation. Self-acceptance is spiritual maturity.

I speak from my heart today, as I realized this morning as I was journaling that it has been many days since I have written and meditated. I hadn’t journaled since Tuesday - and today is Sunday, so you can count the days yourself.  I am sorry for my lapse because I promised to you several months ago in this blog that I was committing to a daily practice. But I am proud to look back over the week and appreciate what I’ve done instead. I’m really grateful for this break in my routine, because it has produced such richness.  I give myself permission to take a short break from my mediation and journaling practice. And, I am glad to come back to it now.

The week has been one of discovery and learning for me. I attended a three-day train-the-trainer class to learn about CoreClarity’s approach to training people to recognize and play to their strengths, rather than fixing their weaknesses.  This positive approach to team-building and individual productivity was transformational for me, and I know it will be transformational for the organizations that I hope to bring it to.  The training was exciting but it was also exhausting because of the deep inner work that we did. Plus, it was an hour or more commute each way to the class for me. 

But, an amazing result came out of those long commutes - I created a dream for where I wanted to be in five years.  I was inspired by my business coach who invited me to her birthday party last week.  I couldn’t attend because I was out-of-town on business. What she invited her friends to was not a "come as you are" party, but a "come as you will be… in 2013" party. Come as you will be in five years - now that’s a fascinating challenge!  As I battled rush hour traffic this week, I turned off the radio and mentally envisioned where I would like to be, what I would like to be doing, and what my life is going to look like in five years. I have captured my dream in my journal, and I hope to make a story-board (a visual depiction) of my dream also. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I look back now and am happy that the space in my practice allowed me to do this inner work.

We must give ourselves permission to take breaks from our spiritual practices.  We can just notice them, just as  we notice our thoughts come and go during meditation.  The trick is in getting back into the practices.  In meditation, we notice the thoughts and let them go - and then direct our minds back to the breath.  We must direct our lives back to our practice in the same non-judgmental way.

That is what self-forgiveness is all about.

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In my last post,  we discussed some guidelines for living a spiritually integrated life.  The first guideline is to engage in a daily spiritual practice that suits you.  There are many ways to live spiritually everyday, and I’ll share some of my thoughts on what that can look like.

My daily spiritual practice to write in my journal in the morning and to meditate before I go to bed at night.  I try to do this everyday, but I’ll admit there are are some days, like when I’m sick or traveling or just depressed, that one of the two practices is missed.  However, even if I’m in a blue funk, I’ll substitute getting on my knees at the side of my bed and saying a simple prayer for my meditation, or I’ll read a passage from a spiritual book instead of journaling. My daily practices are my commitment to self-care and the evolution of my soul. Without them, I am not very happy.

Here are some ways to engage in a daily spiritual practice:

Meditation: Experts say that as little as 5-10 minutes of mindfulness meditation, such as observing your breath, repeating a mantra or phrase, or observing an object, is enough to create positive benefits. Meditation has been cited as a way to reduce stress, calm emotions and improve concentration. It is also a way to get below the ego’s realm to your true or divine self. This is one way to commune with the Divine.

Prayer: Some say that prayer is a way to talk to God; meditation is how you can listen to God.  Although I find meditation the best way to connect with Source, prayer can be a way to say what is on your mind, ask for blessings for yourself and others, and set intentions. You can pray and also listen for the still, small voice of God. Praying prepares you to hear it. To pray with the feeling of already having your prayer answered is a good approach to prayer.

Journaling: I write to unload the day’s events and feelings, to set intentions for the coming day, to tease out the truth in my jumbled thoughts and to state my affirmations.  I also write as I listen to my true self (the Divine spark within). I’ll also journal to capture any wisdom heard during meditation.

Contemplative Reading: Normally, we read or skim a newspaper article quickly to glean the important information. To read contemplatively is to read slowly, savoring the words, ruminating about the deeper meaning of a phrase and living with a passage for long periods of time. This type of reading is typically done with sacred texts such as the Bible, the Torah or Koran, but you can apply the technique to poetry or any other reading that is sacred to you, including a daily meditation guide such as Guideposts or the Science of Mind magazine.

Yoga, walking, running: Yoga is a contemplative exercise that focuses the participant on the breath and the body. It calms the mind and spirit.  Walking and running or other forms of exercise can be a sacred activity, too.  Runners and other athletes talk about the spiritual high they get after pushing their bodies past what they thought possible. I find walking, when done mindfully, is a spiritual activity that connects me with nature, my body and the present moment.

Being in nature: Being in nature, whether it is walking or sitting, can make you aware of the connectedness of all things. Its beauty can invoke gratitude and awe. I see God’s hand in nature, inspiring an appreciation in me for the abundance and love that surrounds us always. Others just simply appreciate its wonders. My mother used to sit every night on our back porch, which was really an elevated deck constructed in the trees of our backyard. She would watch the stars, listen to the crickets, the night sounds or just the quiet and commune with God. That was her daily meditation.

Mindfulness: Mindfulness is simply being aware of what you are doing and giving it your entire focus. A sacred practice is to give your children or your spouse your full attention for some part of the day. Walking with an awareness of your feet touching the ground with every step is being mindful. Joyfully focusing on your work to the point of losing track of time (getting in the flow) is mindfulness. Part of my spiritual practice is writing this blog - when I write, I am totally focused and lost in the joy of just writing. Washing the dishes with full concentration on only the dishes is sacred work. I have a friend who enjoys washing her floor - she gets totally engrossed in the act and takes pride in its cleanliness when the job is done.

What are your daily spiritual practices? Whatever they are, it is important that you take time to do one of them every day, for even just 5 minutes! The benefits are many, least of all is the aspect of self-care.  Remember the advice the flight attendants give us on the airplane - put on your oxygen mask first before helping others with their mask.  We must nourish our souls with a daily spiritual practice before seeking to serve others.

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This week, I’ve been sharing ways that we can connect to Divine Wisdom.  We’ve discussed the four ways that we perceive spirit in our lives and I shared a meditation that helps me converse with God.  Today, I’d like to share some of the wisdom I’ve heard in the past week.  I think that each one of us can benefit from these messages.

Here is what the Divine told me this week:

"Remain in the energy of allowing, not the energy of fear, especially with money.  Fear sets up a wall around you through which money cannot flow to you.  Open your heart, body and soul and just allow blessings in."

"Peace within ourselves is the pre-requisite to external peace.  Teach forgiveness."

"You do well hearing me in your meditations, but listen to me during the day.  Take your journal and write what I tell you.  In this way, you will learn to listen to me during the day. In this way, you will know what to do."

"You’ve had strong feelings today.  But I tell you the envy you feel is out of place.  Beloved, you are exactly where I want you to be.  I have a plan for you and how could you be anywhere else?  Why can’t you accept it for what it is, which is perfect?"

I share these pearls of wisdom as my gift to you today.

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Want to become an Everyday Mystic?  Want a direct connection to Divine energy?  Today, I’ll share a meditation that can help you plug into Divine Wisdom.

First, let me say that you don’t have to go on a week-long silent retreat to become a meditator.  It has been shown that meditating for as little as 5-10 minutes a day can produce some of the benefits of meditation that include stress reduction, improved concentration and higher emotional equanimity. Most people can spare 5-10 minutes each day.  Turn off the TV and meditate!

The heart of what I do is listen in silence.  That’s all - just listen.  You can close your eyes and listen anytime.  But most of us need to clear out our emotional and mental clutter before we can hear from our highest selves or Divine essence. 

And, know that you can hear, see, know or feel God.  Only when I started to believe that I could do this - that I was worthy of hearing - did the Divine come to me. This is your birthright.  Know that it is given to you.

Here’s the process I do in my meditation.

1.  I have a meditation corner in a large closet where I’ve placed my meditation bench (you could use a cushion or a chair), a candle and a journal or binder.  In my meditation corner, I sit, close my eyes and relax my body. After settling in, I start observing my breath, counting breaths from 1 to 10 and then starting over again.  The purpose of this step is to center myself, to calm myself completely and to fully bring my attention to the present moment.  Sometimes if my mind is especially active or rebellious, I’ll focus on my heartbeat as a way to slow down and center.  You may need to put your fingers on your neck to feel the heartbeat, but after a while you can simply feel and hear it.  I try to breathe in rhythm with my heart. Once I am able to focus on at least three rounds of ten breaths, I proceed to the next step.

2.  Next is a grounding exercise that I learned from my coach, Tina Ferguson (www.tinaferguson.com).  Imagine gathering up a ball of your energy in the area of your solar plexus or third chakra. The ball is about the size of a softball or a grapefruit. Consolidate your present emotions, experiences or thoughts into that ball.  Then, send the ball down through your legs and into the earth - all the way to the molten center of Mother Earth.  There, imagine that all your negative energy - all the stuff from your day - is burned off in a burst of flame. Now take the resulting ball of pure red energy  and pull it back up through your legs, up through your torso and all your chakras, right up and out of the top of your head.  Keep the ball rising until it reaches the heavenly or spiritual realm.  Hang out with your ball of energy in that realm until you feel a connection.  Sometimes I’ll feel tingling on the top of my head and I know I’ve made connection  Then, bring the ball, which is now white, back down into your body, through the top of your head.  Have it rest in the area of your heart.

3. Now you are ready to listen.  Ask a question, and wait. The old hymn tells us what to do:

"Silently now I wait for Thee /

Ready, my God, Thy will to see /

Open my eyes, illumine me / 

Spirit Divine."

Silently wait for God to show up.  Do you see something?  Hear something?  Feel or know something?  Just wait patiently - it reminds me of the axiom "just suit up and show up".  If nothing shows up, thank the spirits for just being with you and tell them that you’ll be back soon.  If something does come to you, write it down after you come out of your meditation so you don’t forget it.

It’s so simple but so profound.  Try it!

Tomorrow I’ll share some of the wisdom that I’ve heard lately in my meditations.

Interested in the power of forgiveness?  Come to my Forgiveness Workshop this Saturday, April 19, 2008.

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