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In a series of monthly posts, I will be sharing short, but meaningful, passages from my current book-in-progress, so that those who are unable to attend my workshop, can follow along with us, on the journey to healing and self-discovery. When my work is done, these thoughts and meditations will become a bound copy for many more individuals to use, as a tool for guidance and deep healing.
This week, I will be sharing a few paragraphs from the opening pages. I hope that these thoughts help you to "dig deep" in your own life, and to reach out to others with a loving heart, on your life's path here on earth.
Thank you for your presence ...
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| (photo credit: Cristina Norcross, 2011 / Lake Geneva, WI) |
Passage from the INTRODUCTION:
There is an
unpolished gem that lives inside of you.
Sometimes we let it breathe and glow.
Sometimes we even let this stone shine!
When we ignore that source of Light, which desperately wants to come out
and play, to connect with others, to be the beacon for many ships, our inner
gemstone loses its luster.
•How
do we connect with our inner Buddha, our shining Light that sings and dances so
well, while we are fully engaged in a soul-nourishing activity?
•How
do we salvage the True Being inside, whom we may have forgotten along the way,
while focusing on becoming responsible adults?
Who has time to play, when we are so busy making a life, buying cars,
and building additions on houses?
This disconnect,
which so many of us suffer from, can be fused and healed. We have the inner resources to reach inside
the core truth of ourselves and rise up.
By identifying what brings you joy, by creating space in your life every
day (or at least every week) for this sacred practice of self-care, by engaging
in activities that Light you up, by reaching out to others with your natural
gifts, by giving back to the world through acts of kindness and creativity ~ we
not only heal ourselves, we raise the overall vibration of the planet
itself. This is when a continuous stream
of healing begins. If it takes a village
to raise a child, then it takes many, many villages of people working together,
towards peace, to actually bring about real change. Find peace within yourself, first. Bring it to others like a sparkling
jewel. There is a great, untapped river
living inside each of us. Find your
flow.
Passage from CHAPTER 1:
We come FROM joy. We BRING joy to others. We ARE joy.
I want you to
take your shoes off and feel rooted.
Whether you are outside, feeling the grass on bare feet, or in your
living room, feeling soft carpeting, it is important that you are connected to
the earth for this exercise.
Read the
following meditation out loud, and listen to each word. Listen to your voice, as you become connected
to breath and meaning.
A Joy Meditation
I breathe in
calm.
I breathe out
joy.
I feel roots, from my feet, reach down to the earth.
I feel a white
thread of light reach up from my core
to the top of my
head.
It travels
through me
and beyond me
to the great
connectedness of all beings.
I breathe in
connection.
I breathe out
peace.
A circle of
light,
like a white
lasso,
moves up and
down.
A funnel of
energy –
so bright,
that even the
stars can see me smiling.
Contentment
radiates from every outline
that is me,
and from every
path of light
branching out
from the Tree of
Me.
In serenity and
in thankfulness,
I whisper this
prayer to myself.
I will return to
this safe space of golden light
again,
and again.
Cristina M. R.
Norcross
