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My journey with Meditation
“I meditate so that my mind cannot complicate my life” – Sri Chinmoy In this millennial era where the life is ever so busy, meditation is sought after for calming and relaxing one’s mind. The idea of meditation has been advocated by so many people over the past years and is currently practiced by roughly 3 – 5 million people globally.
By Ronik Ratneshwar4 years ago in Motivation
Raven and Owl
In a vision, I came upon a man dressed in deer skin leggings and tunic. Leather thongs wove feathers and beads into his long black hair that hung heavy around his face. He peered at me through the darkest eyes I have ever seen. I was not afraid. I knew and loved this man, but I couldn’t remember from whence. I was filled with pure love to see this man. He was my Shaman.
By Sherry Ryan4 years ago in Motivation
The New Star
I was making my way down to the old horse barn. It was always a noisy walk, with the sound of gravel crunching under my feet. The green metal roof was steaming in the sun; forcing the dew that had settled overnight to evaporate into the sky. While having my morning coffee, I had noticed a grey wolf walking through the heavy brush behind the wood shed. We lived on a mountainside surrounded by acres of forest overlooking the river. Many wild animals walked through our property on their way to wherever they were going. I had seen cougars, bears, coyotes, even a porcupine, but never before that day had I seen a wolf. I decided to follow him down the path. I watched as he disappeared around the back of the barn. I lifted the latch and slid the heavy barn door open. Typically the barn was empty, just some random fragments of sawdust and hay scattered throughout the unoccupied stalls. But the energy in the barn was different than the other times I had come down and the air was changing. I could feel a heightened awareness around me, an inner knowing. Looking up into the rafters, I noticed a barn owl looking down at me. She was beautiful and large, her colours glistening in the sunlight that peeked through the doorway. I could feel her wisdom and her strength. I had seen her many times before, one night she was dancing in the tree outside our bedroom window and then another she was perched on the garden gate, gazing out at the moonlight on the river. I heard a noise and the air changed again. It became thick and steady. It wrapped around me like a soft blanket. It was then that I noticed the wolf had walked in through a large hole in the back wall. He was seated underneath the owl and they were both looking at me. I could feel their energy connecting with one another, growing in strength. As the energy got stronger, it started to become visible and I could hear it. At first, the sound was low and it was like jumbled words that made no sense. They were having a conversation. I strained to make sense of what they were saying. I felt my own body start to vibrate and noticed my own energy reaching into their space, and after a few moments I connected with them and the words became clearer. The owl wanted to share her wisdom with me but the wolf wanted to remain loyal to the laws of creation. They hadn’t yet noticed my energy had attached to theirs and before they could stop their conversation, I knew the owl was going to decide to invite me into the knowing. The wolf, disappointed that the owl was not going to keep things hidden until their right time, slipped away so as not to be witness. I pulled my own energy back in, but suddenly, the owls energy was reaching out to me. It leapt into me and I felt warm. I stood there unable to move, the air changing once again. I asked myself what was happening? What is the knowing? And as I asked myself these questions, the answers came with them. I was confused at the possibility of it, but when I had connected my energy with their spirits, my own spirit became aware and the owl had completed that process with her exchange. I ran out of the barn and back to the house. I locked myself in the bathroom and didn’t come out for hours. It was dark now and I was laying on my bed watching the moon. I turned my head to look towards the river, and there was the beautiful barn owl, dancing in the tree once again. My gaze shifted to the base of the tree, where the lone grey wolf was howling a song into the night. I knew what was coming. My heart ached and I could feel my spirit wailing. The depth of sadness and ache I felt over this loss was exponential. I felt an emptiness in the physical world. Someone I loved had chosen to leave the physical plane. I knew he was gone, his energy had crossed over and I wept into my pillow with sadness, my vibration elevating. Immediately, I felt a familiar soul hovering around me, I could feel he was trying to get my attention. It was him. I didn’t have to ask any questions, I already had all of the answers. I knew it all. I got up from the bed and walked into my closet, grabbing armfuls of clothing and breathing deep; taking in the scent that would no longer fill my home. I forgive you, my love. I forgive you. My vibration was increasing even more. At first I had felt anger, rage, sadness, melancholy. Then I felt an empty abyss tearing through my inner being. The emotions became a swirling tornado inside me as my vibration continued to get faster and faster. Soon, every shred of hurt or pain or anger was transforming into something beautiful from my choice of forgiveness. I started feeling pure love. I started feeling lighter and lighter. There was now a warm yellow light surrounding me and I felt a peace that I had never felt before. The owl was watching all of this, perched in the tree, under the moon outside my bedroom window. I walked over and she invited me into the tree. Just jump, she said and let the love transform you. So I decided to trust her and I jumped out of the window and into the night. When I opened my eyes, I was perched in the top of the tree with the large, beautiful owl. I could see my reflection in her large eyes. I looked exactly like her. I was transformed into a wise owl, blessed with the inner knowing, able to help others with their transition of grief. I had a new purpose and a new way of life. I knew that everything was in the right order and that I was going to be okay. We both danced in the tree overlooking the river; the moon shining it’s light over all of my new possibilities. And as I looked up into the night, thankful for this gift, I saw the sky give birth to a brand new star.
By Angela Armstrong 4 years ago in Motivation
Damn, I am Stagnant.
December 2021 was such a hard month emotionally, I left my favorite job because the stress level was not my favorite, I was promoted to another department and I felt amazing; still confused about where I was going. A lot of emotional disasters and beautiful realizations happened in 31 days, I realized love scared me enough for me to sabotage it, and I also realized that corporate no longer made my passion lit; I kept asking Universe for a sign, a sign for me to know if I should leave corporate but then came the new job and then I got COVID, and so I have not worked since December 31, 2021.
By Lucinet Luna - The Author 4 years ago in Motivation
Don’t Be Afraid
Try again, love again, live and dream again to get back up. We all have issues with trying again with others, and being able to let go of all the negativity surrounding others is hard to handle. Some people will often come around you just to steal some of your positive energy, and the trick to handling these kinds of people is to simply remove yourself from them. If you are in a relationship with this kind of person, it will be even more challenging because you have emotional attachments to this person, so breaking away cleanly is not going to happen, but it can be done. Being at peace with yourself first is the best thing you can do for yourself and others in your inner circle.
By Theresa Evans4 years ago in Motivation
Hometown Heros
When one thinks of a word a hero, the first picture that comes to mind is that of a Greek or Roman warrior, muscular, tall and just returning from the battle, admired and worshipped by the people. In contrast, today’s heroes live silent lives and are usually not that famous. For many people, the word hero makes them think of caped crusaders or Hollywood characters with a muscular physique, square jaw line and who spend their days rescuing women from burning buildings or sinking ships.
By Jessie Everwine4 years ago in Motivation
The Walking Queen
*****NOTE: My most recent story about my walking – Traveling the World Without Leaving My Basement – details my current walking status while I am temporarily living in Frozen Chicago with my sister. This is the story of how it all started, a blog I wrote for my talktimewithjoan.com website – how after bariatric surgery, excruciating back pain, and life-threatening illnesses, I went from being unable to walk from the kitchen to the bedroom to walking 5 miles at once! I hope it inspires you.
By Joan Gershman4 years ago in Motivation
AngelOwlEyes
I had reached the end of my rope. When would life stop hurting so much? I was so tired of this endless rollercoaster of feeling high only to be torn down to an extreme low. Was I the cause for this? Self fulfilling prophecy, perhaps? At this point, I was no longer sure. All I knew is that I was completely hopeless and defeated in that moment. I had recently moved back in with my parents at the age of 40 after a failed relationship. I was terrified to return due to the trauma that I had went through growing up. I didn’t think I had the fight in me to do this again. I had no vehicle, so I couldn’t go for my beach ride down by the water that relaxed and soothed me. I felt trapped. My intuition called out to me to go for a walk this particular day of wanting to give up all hope. I was led right down the street to the Jewish cemetery near my house. As I walked through, I observed each headstone and was greeting each soul as I passed by. I didn’t know why I was here. It was the closest thing to nature and stillness I could reach. I walked in a straight line all the way down the walkway and collapsed to my right and laid myself out onto the bare grass where the graves had stopped being placed. I looked up at the sky. It was a beautiful day and it felt strange to feel so hopeless in that moment. As I cried, I closed my eyes and thought to myself “God help me.” I opened my eyes and stared directly above me at the sky. The clouds were moving fast above me. Out of nowhere, a giant cloud covering the sky above me flew directly over me in the shape of an Angel. I gasped for breath and swallowed. I thought to myself, I did not just see that. Just as quickly as the doubt poured in it left abruptly. Another monstrous cloud Angel flew directly above me again. This time while laying down, I followed it with my neck as it flew past because I could not believe what I was seeing. At that moment, I panicked. God was real. I freaked out. I felt like I was in a video game. I felt like I was being watched. This could not be real! But out of nowhere this overwhelming calmness came over me. My tears subsided. I knew I was not alone and for whatever reason I God had heard my prayer. I got up a few minutes later to walk out of the cemetery. As I was exiting, my intuition told me to look to my right. There in the third row was a feather lying in front of a headstone. I went over to pick it up. This wasn’t just any feather. It was an owl feather. I knew in that moment that my life would be changed forever. You see, I love owls. I have owl stuffed animals, statues, pictures, you name it. My name on every social media platform is AngelOwlEyes because I look like a baby cherub who like the owl, has excellent intuition. The problem is I never listened to that intuition because I felt I was being judgmental. This upcoming spiritual journey would show me otherwise. It would show me that I was gifted with excellent intuition in order to listen to it, not brush it away. I continued now with the feather walking to exit the cemetery. I looked up to my right and saw that there was a Barn Owl statue on the porch of a person’s home perched there as if it was overlooking the cemetery and now directly looking at me. I smiled to myself. I felt whole but very anxious at the same time. A shift had happened. I knew that this was the beginning of my transformation and I accepted whatever was about to come before me with open arms.
By Nicole Pelletier4 years ago in Motivation
My wild cancer journey
My name is mustafa growing up in the beautiful city of Oakland California, and here is my story. I was a hard working 18 year old going to school and working at my brothers metro store 30 hours a week. Nothing was stopping me as long as I had me redbull every morning and vape during the day, until one day I had a very bad head ache and was throwing up. I thought I might have been food poisoned. This was going on for two weeks straight. I went to the ER 3 times and all they would do is send me home with zofran and Ibuprofen. I decided to go to Disney land in LA because I thought I needed a change of scenery. After that trip I had felt worse, so my oldest sister Asia took me to the emergency room one last time and made sure they did an mri scan on my head and stomach. Come to find out one hour later that I had tumor in the back of my head. When the doctors told us the results I wasn’t scared I just wanted to know if there was a way that they can just make me feel better. All I remember was a bunch of my family members came to the hospital to visit me. Later on that day the hospital I was in Oakland transferred me to Redwood City to do the surgery. After the surgery I thought I was in the clear but the doctors told my family and I that I was have to do radiation and 1 year of chemotherapy. I started to panic and get real depressed because I remember what my mom went through when she had cancer. I had 2 month to prepare my self for chemotherapy and radiation. All I did within those 2 months was eat healthy and go visit nice views. When I started my chemo and radiation treatment they prescribed me opioids anti depressants and so on. Two months in I was addicted to the opioids and the doctors stopped prescribing it to me. I felt so terrible to the point I started buying them off the streets. I would spend almost a thousand dollars a month on opioids to feed my addiction. This went for eight months straight. The addiction was so bad that I used to cry and pray that I would get help with out disappointing my family and having them find out. I was until 1 day I was going through my last chemo treatment and I was asleep in the hospital. I got up to use the bathroom and the pills had spilt out my pockets. My sister Asia was there and the nurse walked in and they seen them spill out my pocket. I was so shocked I had passed for a whole day. While I was passed out they had drained my body with a bunch of fluids and it helped detox away all the narcos that was in my body. My dad, Omar my brother and sister Asia were all in the hospital room when I woke up and they were explaining to me how they weren’t disappointed and I finally had some closure. That was the last day of me fighting cancer and an opioid addiction. Now I am back living a normal life working with my brother Omar again.
By Mustafa hassan4 years ago in Motivation
