While I was doing my abundance breathing this morning, it became clear to me that the thread which weaves together all the addictions in my life is one of stimulation. I could categorise my addictions as those which involve mental stimulation and those that involve physical stimulation, but as we all know now from 'What the Bleep', there's actually no difference. What is mental and 'psychological' is necessarily also physical and 'physiological'. So as thoughts gushed in this morning at any available opportunity to distract me from my authentic sacred connection, I became very aware of just how addicted I am an to any distractive stimulant of just being in the present. I didn't give myself a hard time about it, I just practiced letting those addictive thoughts go, and re-centring myself on my breathing. And the thoughts dissipated, the addictive thoughts eased out of my consciousness and I found that each time they did my connection was more profound, more real, more authentic. It occurs to me that this meditative process is really a process of releasing addictions. Rather than judging ourselves as to how well we are doing in keeping our minds still, as if stillness were something to attain, it really became clear to me that this meditative practice is a process of release. The very fact that the thoughts show up should be welcomed because only then can they be released. By allowing those thoughts the existential right to show up in this space, rather than trying to deny them, we offer the opportunity to release our addictions, to move beyond them, and in the process of doing so, we may claim our authentic sacred connection.
Love John x
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