spirituality and stress
With the everyday stresses weighing down on you, at times it may all seem unbearable. The daily problems that creates a sense of pressure pushes its way onto your conciousness may seem unsolveable. Perhaps, at times it is a good idea to just get away from it all and let nature’s healing take affect.
I do not know if you have ever entered the quietude of an immense forest. There in awaits a great solitude. In the midst of the tall trees with all their glorious bright leaves of many colors falling all around you. You may let go of all your problems and anxieties. One may marvel at this magnificent immense sight. Now, with me, it is truly a wonderful delight which fills ones whole being with beauty and joy. The coolness of the breeze softly touching your face is truly breathtaking. You can feel your chest rising, expanding and taking in the refreshing and soothing air of the outdoors. Nature is unfolding a phenomenon that soothes your very being. You may lay there on the forest floor and take in all that you see and feel. With an intense smile spreading uncontrollably across your face, you become the deepest ecstasy.
Completely alone, there is a sense of being one with all life. Unperturbed by all happenings, there is no separation or division within you. The aroma of the flora and fauna take you by surprise as the sunlight shimmering through the branches light up your face. The celebration of life is felt deep within your heart. You feel the whole earth and the universe is an integral part of your being. No longer trapped in flesh and the idea of mortality, there is this empty-fullness that has become your very existence. Beyond poetic words, you are spiritually free and unfettered by the idea of becoming anything other than what you are. In this moment, you are whole, there is nothing for you to grasp or take hold. Detached and untouched, you are freedom itself. There is nothing beyond your reach, for you are all things. Like a bird soaring high into the midday skies, one has no concerns. As the shade gives way to the shimmering sunlight breaking through the enormous branches, you breathe a deep sigh of release. Relaxing as all your breath escapes its depth. The breath of life awakens within as you enjoy this hallowed ground with its endless array of multi-colored leaves all around.
Beyond your imagination, there is this Spiritual love, this spiritual joy without measure which transcends this life. This love exceeds the mind as thought. It is beyond meditation. In this eternal presence, all is one. The totality of life discovers its true being. Let go, repose and rest in this glory beyond all things.
ADONIS ALEXANDER
(Author of Secret Sayings of Adonis)
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