The Gift of the Blessing

I take a walk in our woods daily for exercise and to practice my spirituality.  I recently signed up at a Zaadzsters site - http://www.intentionproject.com/ - to participate by adding a moment for global peace to my contemplations. 

It was the first day of Spring.  While walking, I listened to a CD called The Gift of the Blessing by Gregg Braden and experienced the most amazing release of emotional energy - sent to heal the situation in Iraq and sent to heal the failures to express perfect love in my small family.  Both times I wept in the process - much more in the global, less in the personal but in the personal I gained the most amazing insight.

In the Gift of the Blessing - 3 aspects must be blessed - those who have suffered, those who have inflicted the suffering (without condoning their action) and those who witness the suffering.  On such a powerful day as the vernal equinox (an equal yin and yang of day and night), I am happy to have begun my moment of meditation for world peace in such a powerful way.

I received the CD along with Gregg Braden's book The Divine Matrix - Bridging Time, Space, Miracles, and Belief, which I ordered from One Spirit but have not started reading.  I believe the CD can be found at Sounds True and may be more closely related to another book of his - Secrets of the Lost Mode of Prayer - which I have not read.

The next day for the global I sent blessings to Russia for 3 horrific events (a fire in a residential care facility, a mine accident and a plane wreck) and one for a personal health concern.  Today, I sent energy for Dolphins turning up dead in TX and for my sister.

Deborah

Re: The Gift of the Blessing

What a wonderful reflection of choice.  I like how you chose to spend your time.

I need to look up this book.  I appreciate Braden, and am now interested.  (oh, you should see my pile!)

Welcome!

Re: The Gift of the Blessing

Jill,

And in answer to your message sent privately.  In the technique taught on the CD, breathing deep, pushing out the belly in promise and lifting up the diaphram in giving is how the meditation begins.  I found myself using that breathing technique just this morning when an unexpected stress popped up because of our business.  I was able to release the anger, unattach myself from the outcome and allow the situation to develop for the highest good of all concerned.

And oh, my pile - I just wish I had time to read it all - uh-oh, no I better be careful with that, don't want to find myself “laid up” for an extended period of time.  I recently had a minor healing period last fall and I did enjoy the cocooning but my life needs me (as well as the kids, the husband, the in-laws, the business, the trees and the frogs).

Deborah

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I was talking to a woman recently about meditation practise.  She had this AHA moment and she said “I get it.  You practise so that when you need it, it is second nature to you”.

I liked that.