Today’s message from Hermann Hesse speaks of how past, future and the whole concept of time, all come together in this present moment.
Our mind struggles with this though. Our analytical mind’s habit is to pull everything apart into separate components and become frazzled as we bounce around between our attachment to the past and our fear about the future.
“Have you also learned that secret from the river; that there is no such thing as time?” That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth, at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains, everywhere and that only the present exists for it, not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future.” – Hermann Hesse
“He saw that the water continually flowed and flowed and yet it was always there; it was always the same and yet every moment it was new.” – Hermann Hesse
“This day will never come again and anyone who fails to eat and drink and taste and smell it will never have it offered to him again in all eternity. The sun will never shine as it does today… But you must play your part and sing a song, one of your best.” – Hermann Hesse
Dropping from your head into your body and taking a few moments to taste, and smell, and feel, and see, is a grounding experience because it pulls all of your thinking from ruminating in the past and future into the now. When you’re busy experiencing the sensations of your body, then you’re not stuck in your head.
When you lower yourself from your head into your heart, even your brainwaves follow, from high Beta, to Beta, to Alpha and perhaps even lower into Theta. This is always a refreshing and restful experience for your brain. As you emerge from a few minutes of breathing and feeling, your cluttered white board is wiped clean, and you become available to the conscious choice of what to pay attention to next.
Join us for an embodied experience of your senses, and have yourself an awesome weekend!
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: Come to your senses.