A North Star compass guides me. I feel it in my body. Introvert. Extrovert. Sometimes the energy shifts when I’m with people and I have to leave abruptly. I’m not good at faking it. It’s as if I need oxygen.
Reminds me of a battery. Charge. Discharge. Recharge. Or a balloon.
Sometimes my brain feels full/saturated and I don’t feel like meditating. I flow with this. My rule or law is flow.
One area of living that is more structure than flow is the process of changing my relationship with food. I’m succeeding by learning to stay within the new rules. My body is the student of that North Star compass.
It’s all chemical! And at the center of this soup—no! in the broth—is stability. No wobble. Directional alignment. E/S/W/N. This gives me a sense of contentment.
Ether!!
Spiritual definition:
Referred to as ‘akasha’ in Sanskrit, ether is the element that comes first in yogic and Ayurvedic thinking. Ether is without the firmness of earth, the coolness of water, the heat of fire or even the movement of wind. It is therefore the very essence of ’emptiness’. The space element is the most subtle of all elements.
Chemical definition:
a light volatile flammable liquid C4H10O used chiefly as a solvent and especially formerly as an anesthetic. b. : any of a class of organic compounds characterized by an oxygen atom attached to two carbon atoms.
Reminds me that yesterday in walking meditation both knees started to talk to me. I visualized photons of Light moving down my body to my knees. This calmed the heat. A bit later I tuned in and the moving substance was now thick like gelatin. My knees were now quiet. Thank you!
Another learning curve. Another creative process. In the beginning was the word. Be still and Know.