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INSPIRATIONAL : Serene's Meditation Class
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From: MSN NicknameSereneflyer1  (Original Message)Sent: 10/14/2006 12:53 AM
Lesson 3: 
 
I will have to back track later but today we learned about how the state of your house reflects who you are and even about your relation ship with your family.  This is my third class so, like I said I will have to backtrack.
 
The basement could reflect your subconscious.  For example if it is messy, it means there are things in your life that you are not dealing with.  The same if you stuff things in your office.
 
If your kids' rooms are messy it could reflect your relationship with your kids.  I think you get what I mean and I'm sure this all sounds very familiar.  I laughed a lot today.
 
Our homework is to look around the house and pick a piece or pieces of furniture and say "this is me" and see how it is reflective of you.  For example if you have a really old mattress it could reflect something about your relationship with your husband.  If your furniture is a bright colour it could reflect that you are vibrant or loud, etc. 
 
I talked about how I am not dealing with my mess even though I have had plenty of time to deal with it and how I have realized it could mean that I don't want to deal with it because then I would have to find something else to do!  It could mean that I am unwilling to face fear ie. change in my life, eg. I said maybe I know that that would mean I will have time to get my driver's licence.  She said it could mean that I fear something ie.  driving.
 
Pretty interesting stuff.  So I believe the whole homework is to see how the state of your home reflects you and what you can find out about yourself just by looking at your home. 
 
Sooo I'm not watching a movie tonight and am dealing with that corner in my bedroom that is still not done!  Part of the reason is that at Thanksgiving when I was tidying up I had to move some stuff from the hallway into that corner so the piles got more again!
 
A few more things:
 
Insanity:  We are all insane.  Insanity is doing the same things over and over again even though they are not working.
 
Karma:  When you live your life asleep.  You let fate guide you and pick up a lot of "clobber" along the way.
 
Darma:  Ah I forgot the exact description but it is to do with taking action and taking charge of your life I believe.  I will have to ask the teacher.
 
 


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From: MSN NicknameSereneflyer1Sent: 10/14/2006 12:54 AM
Lesson 2:
 
I will expand later but just wanted to give one saying which I think is really nice:
 
Nothing changes until something moves.  Albert Einstein.

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From: MSN NicknameSereneflyer1Sent: 11/22/2006 5:24 PM
This week's homework is gratitude journal.  First you get a nice journal which can just be from the dollar store (she got us one).  Write at the top "I love..."
 
Under that write things you love eg. walk on the beach; watch your kids sleep.  Do as many as you can think of.  You should have pages and pages.  It does not have to be done all at once.   Then write 3 things in there daily.
 
Now when you feel really mad about something write in a SEPARATE book or on a paper every feeling and thought you have about it.  Get it all out.  Acknowledge your feelings.  Don't block them. Then after you wrote it all out let it all go and go on with things.  I asked if I could then throw the paper out and she said that is a very good idea.  Then you go to your gratitude journal and read over what you wrote to remind you about all the good things in your life.   Replace the negative feelings which you have discarded with positive ones.
 
This excercise if about replacing negative energy with positive energy.  It is important not to use the same journal for the negative feelings.
 
There is a whole thing about emotions and about owning them, even thanking them and learning from them but that is a separate more involved thing.  Hopefully sometime I will have time to type up the sheet she gave us or maybe I'll find it on the internet.

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From: MSN NicknameSereneflyer1Sent: 11/30/2006 6:48 PM

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.�?(Mahatma<o:p></o:p>

Gandhi, famous Libran)

 

To me this means that if I want the kids not to yell, I must not yell.  I must work on that. 

 

That statement makes me think of the scene in the movie Gandhi where this big crowd just stands there while they are being attacked.  I can't remember exactly what happened.  They probably stopped throwing stones or whatever they were doing since they got no violent reaction.  At least I hope.  Does anyone remember?

 

Is anyone getting anything out of these posts?


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