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Feeling the Oneness
(from my latest newsletter, thought you might enjoy it as well.  )
This past spring I did a Wisdom Gathering shamanic journey on behalf of a friend. A piece of the wisdom she was given was the following:
Quote:
'Feeling the Oneness' is the answer. There is nothing left to do. No more doors to open-just this one. It is the answer to everything. It's time to DO IT. Not think about it, not intend, but DO IT. It is where freedom is! It is how you allow in unending love, fun, peace, trust, inspiration, money and all the things your heart desires. Make it a priority to feel the Oneness. NOW is the time. |
Day to day life distracts us from feeling connected and we get caught up in "doing" and trying to make things happen. For example, I get caught in wondering and worrying what door I need to open or what stone I need to find and turn over to discover the "magic answer". In other words, what do I need to DO? What class do I need to take, what book do I need to read, what marketing do I need to do, what does my website need, and on and on... What do I need to DO for my life to move forward? The wisdom from this shamanic journey is suggesting that there is nothing left to do, except to feel the Oneness. Which could also be explained
there is really nothing left to DO, except BE your infinite,
eternal, unbounded self.
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After receiving this wisdom I asked myself:
What does "Oneness" feel like? How do I know I'm there?
The easiest place for me to really experience this expansion and connection is when I am in nature, though it's possible anywhere. Sitting on a boulder among some trees with a beautiful view of mountains off in the distance, I feel expanded, yet grounded. "I" don't end where my body ends. I sense the edges of my energy reach out farther and farther, encompassing the immediate area, the county, the state, the country, the world, and out into the cosmos, infinitely. I sense that "I" am the trees and the shrubs, the boulders and the hills. And the expansion goes beyond even that to the feeling that "I" am the sky and the clouds, the sun, moon and stars.
My brain/mind feels expanded as well. No more running like a hamster on a wheel, round and round and getting nowhere. I break out of that into something much more broad. There is no "my mind". "All That Is" is now "my mind".
I experience myself as a part of the whole: like the ocean, rather than a drop. My mind is calm: no worries, fears or concerns. I'm going with the flow of life, not trying to make it happen. Entirely present in the moment, I experience it fully with all of my senses. There is a feeling of lightness in my heart. My heart is open and expanded. It is a feeling of total well-being. A feeling of calmness, being relaxed, at peace and joyful. It is a feeling of love for myself, everyone and everything. I am living and expressing from my heart.
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Experiment with feeling the Oneness:
Here are a few ideas to help you be in the moment, feel the oneness and BE Who You Really Are. Take one of these ideas and experiment with it for as little as a minute each day.
1. Expansion After a calming, deep breath or two, feel where the "edges" of your energy are and expand them as far as is comfortable. (Immediate area, county, state, country, world, universe.) Try to expand further each time you do this. Notice how it feels physically in your body.
2. Being in the moment Notice all of your senses as you are doing the dishes, taking a shower, sitting in a cafe, etc. Notice what you can obviously see, hear, smell, feel, taste. Then see if you can notice more and more things that aren't so obvious. Notice how you feel, physically and emotionally.
3. Love Bring to mind something you feel unconditional love for, a place, person, baby animal, flower, etc. Feel this unconditional love in your heart. Circulate the love within your body. After a few breaths, begin to circulate the love to people you love, people with whom you have challenges, situations that frighten or anger you, etc. Again, notice how you feel.
4. Mind expansion Imagine your skull opening up and your brain no longer being something separate, but instead imagine that your "mind" is stretching out in all directions, infinitely, and imagine infinity being "your" mind. Take note of how you feel and what happens to your thoughts.
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It is from this state of Oneness that actions are accomplished much easier and faster. It is when synchronicities occur and life feels magical. I believe this is what the shamanic journey was about: feeling the Oneness makes life more joyful, more fun and easier! It is when inspiration occurs for the next actions to take and when new ideas come to you. It is the state that Mozart and Beethoven were in while writing their symphonies and that Einstein was in when his brilliant ideas came to him. Solutions and your most creative ideas are born in this state. It is WHO YOU ARE.
It is our challenge, if we are interested, to not get caught up in day to day "doings", and instead to stay grounded (not so much thinking, worrying and wondering what to do) in order to experience this expanded feeling of Oneness more often; to experience the truth of who we are. And also, it is our challenge to catch ourselves when we stray from it and gently and lovingly nudge ourselves back on track.
There is nothing left to do except feel the Oneness and be the expanded, infinite Source being that you are! "NOW is the time."
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Share how Oneness feels to you, how you take yourself to this place of being, your experience with the experiments or something else you are inspired to share.
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Copyright: 2008 by Lisa Dieken. All Rights Reserved. You are welcome to share or pass along copies of this as long as the copyright attribution is included, for nonprofit use only.
Last edited on Nov 24, 2008 at 9:55 PM by sapphirewind.
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