Kafka on stillness

Posted on August 10, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

I have left my corporate job recently and have been on a mini retirement mainly exploring and embracing emptiness from a buddhist perspective (or as my husband puts it, doing not much 🙂 ). I am reading books on stillness and non-doing like E. Slingerland’s Trying Not To Try and H.D. Thoreau‘s Walden.

Kafka is right, you don’t need to do anything, go anywhere – instead slow down, stay still, emptiness will come and wash through you, don’t escape like you always do, don’t try to fill it – face it instead, let it fill your heart and discover that it’s a veil, yet another illusion behind which is a delightful fullness *insert Mona Lisa smiley*

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Gong bathing with Third Ear – meditation, chanting and gong bath app from Leo Cosendai

Posted on August 6, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

My latest spiritual callings have been to take part in the gong bath and go on a water fast.

The Psychedelic Society runs gong baths but the location is too far for me (East London). As if by chance 🙂 I discovered this article below which mentioned Leo Cosendai, a Swiss operating out of London, who happens to have created an app called Third Ear.

I tried it for free and it has a rich library of various meditations, chants and yes, gong bath sessions (also Tibetan and crystal bowls, conch shells (!!), etc). I was intrigued (and wanted to access longer sessions) so have got a very reasonably priced £3.99 pcm membership (I don’t get paid to promote it) and can now ‘bathe’ in gong sounds all I want. Slept like a baby yesterday after ‘gong bathing’ 🙂

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This 👇

Posted on July 27, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

This sums up the manifesto of this blog, my key values and is a signpost for anyone starting on a spiritual journey.

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Be Yourself by Eugene Lee Yang

Posted on July 20, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

Ok, the video is called I’m Gay and it’s a coming out video by an amazing 1/4 of the Try Guys, Eugene Lee Yang (Asians – represent!). But for me the message behind it is about being yourself. Unapologetically. Be who you are and let others be. Ram.

PS: I love his jade outfit in the end! And Odesza’s tune!!

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Embrace your greatness. Do not give up.

Posted on July 13, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

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One hour kundalini meditation

Posted on July 6, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

I’ve been reading about energy work and kundalini and stumbled upon this meditation. It is not for faint hearted as it requires sitting straight for an hour. It took me a couple of days to actually last for an hour, I usually meditate for 20min max. But once I got the logistics right, the experience was amazing. Oh, and the photo is from around where I live.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/kundalini/comments/1tg8gy/an_advanced_method/

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If you want change…

Posted on June 29, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

This quote sums up my life at the moment 🙂 Uncertainty, here I come! Open the void… This week is the last week at my job, a start of my mini retirement and several personal projects 🙂

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Finally! Found that beautiful Sita Ram song!

Posted on June 15, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

In Netflix’s documentary on Ram Dass a young devotee is performing a Sita Ram song in Ram Dass’s house. The performance is so beautiful that I returned to it and replayed it many times after I watched the documentary. Now thanks to the Internet knowledge hub that is Reddit (this thread specifically) I know that this guy’s name is Mu (or Evan Bushnell) and his beautiful rendition can be streamed and enjoyed here: 

As I listen a lotus of love is opening in my heart while tears stream down my face… So, so beautiful. Namaste.

 

 

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What brings you most joy?

Posted on June 9, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

I remember going to the shaman because although I had a good life on the face of it, it was bleak as if something was missing. And she told me that I stopped feeling joy.

She told me that to find joy one can not overthink it (my overactive mind was already formulating a ‘joy search plan’), set goals or take it too seriously, in fact the key to finding it is to chill. At the time I didn’t fully understand what she meant but I started doing more of the stuff I enjoyed, ‘soul food’, which helped.

Learning more about the buddhist view taught me where and how to find joy. It’s right here. We don’t need to chase it or collect the experiences. We just have to quieten down enough to see it. Below is my answer on Quora.

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Purpose is not about ‘what should I do’…

Posted on June 1, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

Purpose is not about ‘what should I do’ but rather ‘who am I and how can I act in a manner that is true to myself?’

Mind blown.

We are fulfilling our soul’s purpose just by being here and being who we are.

Source: https://www.annasayce.com/how-to-find-your-calling-as-a-lightworker/

 
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Letters to myself. On emptiness.

Posted on May 25, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

When you feel the familiar chill of the void opening within you, the deafening vibration of the growing vacuum, the infinite sinkhole of the Big Empty, don’t do what you usually do – reach for the phone, like a Pavlovian dog, and ‘text him (her) right now’, or whatever it is you do to scratch the itch. The void anesthetizes your mind so it will tell you convincing stories to justify the urge, the twitch, the tick. Don’t listen. Do the opposite. Stop. Turn around, slowly, and face it. Face the emptiness. The terrifying void. The nothingness that you keep running away from. Face it calmly, openly, lovingly. Then – miracle. The urge subsides and fades. The warm glow fills you. The anxiety lifts. Your soul takes a deep breath. You did it. When you face emptiness, the strangest thing happens. You don’t become empty, you don’t disappear and the billowing clouds of darkness do not consume you. Instead it’s as if you go through, you come out on the other side stronger and full of light. You go through the veil and you see that the terrifying void is again just an illusion. Ram, Ram. You win this round. 

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Let Go, Let In, Let Be

Posted on May 18, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

Ciara Sherlock read this poem that she wrote during the ritual we did at the retreat. The last line sounds like a mantra. Nomads of consciousness – enjoy.

You are here, now,

Nothing to achieve, nowhere to go,

The tie is perfect,

We’re here to hold

Look around,

At the miracle we’ve created,

Breathe in, feel alive,

Celebrate it

With strangers in a sacred space,

Being brave, being true,

Surrender to the mystery,

Allow you to be you

You have stepped up,

Now step within,

Open up to yourself,

Let expansion begin

This moment has been unfolding forever,

There’s nothing else to prepare,

Dive deep into experience,

Delve deep if you dare

These medicines are teachers,

There’s no need for tension,

Absorb what you can,

Pay close attention

Pain, joy, fear, bliss,

Is some of what you may see

Embrace all, be curious,

Let go, let in, let be.

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Among Strong Men – a poem by Hafiz

Posted on May 11, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

I have learnt so much at and still continue to learn from the retreat. This was one of the poems and quotes that the guides have put on the wall in the hall. Hafiz is a poet from Persia from ages ago and he describes the spiritual peak experience precisely. This is exactly how it felt after the trip… Enjoy!

 

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SOAR meditation from Loner Wolf to relieve pain and suffering

Posted on May 4, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

I am going through stressful time at work (restructure!) and as I noticed anxiety return, I revived my daily spiritual practice. I found this meditation on Loner Wolf, the shamanic healer web site that I follow. I found it to be very powerful. Surrender. Observe. Allow. Release.

 

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How to deal with people who unleash the anger or rage in you

Posted on April 27, 2019 by nomadoftheuniverse

Ram Dass has been my guru for the past couple of years. I love this quote of his. I finally understand that when someone yells at me or is angry with me, it’s their self hatred, their pain with themselves and the world that they are projecting out and if I react to that, I get caught in their predicament (karma), I am the same wounded person not loving myself enough projecting my lack of self-love on others.

The ‘prescription’ is wonderful – if someone gets to you, it’s your problem, or rather indication that you need to work more on your curriculum, work on yourself. The goal is to become empty, clear like a mirror so that you reflect back whatever is projected onto you. Beautiful, right? More here:

https://www.ramdass.org/a-heavy-curriculum/

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