Aha moments and experiences you can not live without
Have you ever needed to take a deep breath and shake out all the hustle to get to the real real?
In the busyness of business and life, sometimes we forget what is important because it gives way to what's urgent. How do you move away from the perspective of time flying or not having enough of it?
How can you stay grounded and on purpose to draw into your reality your long term visions among the beating of the day to day tasks?
Getting GROUNDED is something you can accomplish with practice and a simple daily ritual. But every now and then it's great to immerse, to go deep and leave it all behind for a moment or a few days. Just like a detox, unplugging from social media or honoring a spiritual practice like lent.
I'm a big giver and I didn't realized it at first but I needed to go beyond my normal self care rituals to honor myself is a supportive environment. Giving myself restoration and time to remember me, who I am in essence. I chose Bhakti, for it's celebration of love, self love and receiving kindness. In Hinduism, Bhatki refers to devotion and the love of a personal god or a representational god by a devotee.
So, 'Off I went to Bhatkifest' alone, I knew one other person... sort of.
True grounding.
The wonderful thing about taking a journey common to others is the community, the mutual respect, support, compassion and understanding you give and experience. It is super uplifting spiritually, calming to your nervous system and I get to be me.
No mask, just R.A.W. Real . Authentic . Wonder. I get to be seen for who I am...if that is I choose to participate and be fully open.
When you are in an environment such as this, complete strangers see you. They intuitively pick up on your vibes, they feel, sense and see your raw flaws and hold space for healing. Zero judgment. It is pretty cool. This is not something available to a select few, I believe when we turn down the noise of life we naturally become more telepathic, we all possess this capability and with practice we can turn up the volume of our own gifts along with self healing and mindful self mastery and bring in the desired outcomes for our life.
It isn't always conscious, it all has to do with the VIBE.
The VIBEs here were so good, I knew I needed to download the accumulated BS (belief system) and upload the personal love and self acceptance. SO... I got a sound bath. Which involved laying on a very comfortable massage table and at either end where two massive gongs. Gongs like drums and other instruments are uniquely designed with different attunements and produce different vibrational frequencies and mega hertz.
I could literally feel the cells in my body vibrating and realigning, like watching sand bounce around on a speaker. For me it felt amazing, peaceful and energizing.
True Community
I mentioned earlier that I went alone, we were all camping in the desert of Joshua Tree Mentalphysics Institute and Retreat Center. In a short amount of time campers near by started connecting, then we have a community sun shade, kitchen, alter. everyone gave, shared, gifts, food, stories, tears and laughter...then we all left expanded, a little more grown and with heart felt new friendships.
Sound And Vision
David Bowie
Ahhh...
Ahhh...
Doo, doo, doo, do-doh
Doo, doo, doo, do-doh
Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision
Blue, blue, electric blue
That's the color of my room
Where I will live
Blue, blue
Pale blinds drawn all day
Nothing to do, nothing to say
Blue, blue
I will sit right down, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
And I will sing, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
Drifting into my solitude, over my head
Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision
Songwriters: DAVID BOWIE