Finding power and confidence during an insane time: 4 suggestions
October 28, 2024 | 13 CommentsAudio only version is here
Meditation begins at 15:30
It seems we are in a time of heightened anxiety and fear–and for very understandable reasons. Most suggestions and techniques for calming yourself focus on altering your inner state by various means. Makes sense! But this is often not enough. In this week’s video, I make some suggestions from my Buddhist training about creating an environment from which you can draw confidence and strength. This way you are not always thrown back on yourself for better and better ideas about how to quell anxiety–you can draw strength from your world. Have a listen and let me know what you think.
With love,
Susan
PS The Open Heart Project sangha is a community within the OHP. We practice meditation together every day (whether live or via a recording), check in with each other on Fridays, gather for webinars and conversations about how to live our most awakened lives. Very, very helpful during this time of stress.
Please join! It would be great to see you there.
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13 Comments
That was brilliant thank you Susan, I have been painting at home for many years and can barely move in my flat.
It is beginning to affect my brains.
I Do well on Mondays after meditating with you and lots of sorting gets done.
I wonder if you might consider offering a special program for artists buried in treasure.
Much love
Jane ❤️
Jane, many thanks for this response. And I’ll think about a buried treasure program! xo Love, S
Your sharing today was so needed in this very challenging time. I’ve realized that my rituals have helped me ‘come back’ from the fears I’ve been feeling about the future so that I can return to ‘this moment.’ One of my rituals is that I take off my shoes before I enter my home so that I can separate the outside world from the sanctuary of the inside world I’ve tried to create. Part of that ritual is making sure that I don’t just toss my shoes off–I place them side-by-side carefully, which is a way I try to show everything respect. Thank you for sharing more ways to begin each day, and especially for adding your intention to remember and wish to serve all of us.
So glad to read your response, Margit. And I love your “shoe practice.” <3 S
Thank you for this; my practice has revolved around the internal and this is a critically important reminder .
(Especially in these perilous times.)
I’m so glad it was useful. <3 S
I’m definitely a creature of habit. Is it fair to say that some of the rituals that you say are similar to prayers. I see a resemblance but I would appreciate your thoughts. Thank you.
I can imagine what you are saying–makes sense to me. I’d like to hear more on this sometime. <3 S
Interesting, the space i moved into by the University definitely has an arty look. It is exceptionally vintage and wonderfully goofy. I am looking forward to continuing to go through the odds and ends I have accumulated over the years that i have hidden here behind a curtain. I think I have wanted an apartment like this. I like the part of offering merit. I guess perhaps what is true, meaningful, and in the moment is meant to be shared. 🙂
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Thank you Susan. Expanding our vision of what is important to include in our practice is vital to all of us. We are often tempted to retreat into an “inner sanctum” and treat the world as other, something we should avoid.
So great to hear from you and read this, Glenn! <3 S
I broke my ankle. I have been thankful so many people have helped me out.