{"id":11,"date":"2014-03-18T16:26:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T21:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.petitefreespirit.com\/2014\/03\/stillness-and-intent\/"},"modified":"2020-06-10T19:47:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T00:47:03","slug":"stillness-and-intent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petitefreespirit.com\/index.php\/2014\/03\/18\/stillness-and-intent\/","title":{"rendered":"Stillness and Intent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P align=justify><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14px\" face=arial><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT>In the past, I have had an amazing array of occurrences in my life that seemed to flow in the direction I wanted my life to go.&nbsp;&nbsp;My time living in Saint Louis&nbsp;was a phenomenal period in which I learned to go with the flow&nbsp;more and to release my white-knuckled grip on the illusion that I controlled or ran things.&nbsp; Now, I find myself drifting in a seemingly directionless current whose path appears, at best, to be random.&nbsp; On a deeper level, I know it&#8217;s not been completely random because I&#8217;ve had the benefit of 20\/20 hindsight to provide clarity to some of my previous experiences.&nbsp; I now feel the need to insert a little bit of direction\/intention so that I can move in what would seem more of a progression towards what I would like out of life.<\/p>\n<p><P align=justify><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14px\" face=arial><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><br \/>\nWhile in Saint Louis, I primarily worked on intentions alone and reached out to others when I needed a boost.&nbsp; Now, I would like to work with others to focus on intentions.&nbsp; There are several things that I need\/want\/desire to make happen, surgery is just the start of one of them.&nbsp; In addition, I also recognize that others could benefit from working together in order to co-create a different reality for themselves as well.&nbsp; For several months, I have toyed around with the idea of getting a group together in order to do meditation while focusing on our intentions.&nbsp; I have Reiki Level II attunements and can help be the &#8220;boost&#8221; that I&#8217;ve sought in the past to those who are attempting to gain some type of foothold on creating a different reality.&nbsp; Even without a specific intention, the group (and I) could benefit from stepping out of time for a moment and just being in THAT moment.&nbsp; At this point, the idea with which I had been toying is becoming more of a strong desire\/compulsion.&nbsp; When things make it to this stage, I comply.&nbsp; Within the week, I will put the makings of a group out there and see what transpires&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><P align=justify><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14px\" face=arial><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><FONT style=\"FONT-SIZE: 85%\"><\/FONT><br \/>\nSpeaking of meditation, during the same time&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.petitefreespirit.com\/2014\/02\/28\/the-pauper-and-the-queen.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">The Pauper and the Queen<\/a>&nbsp;came through me, I also&nbsp;had a poem of visual meditation come through (literally on the same day).&nbsp; Unfortunately, I don&#8217;t spend much time following my own poetic visualization but maybe it can help someone else.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Meditation<\/h1>\n<p  style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Take in a very deep inhalation<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">So that every cell feels exhilaration<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Pulling in an ebb of vast positive energy<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Giving your mind, body and spirit synergy<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Follow this with a moment to exhale<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">And let your problems set sail<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Then on the outbound flow<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Just let all those worries go<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Let your mind release old worries<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">As it slows its pace to absolutely no hurry<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">See the worries as useless debris<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Floating further and further out to sea<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Feel your body release its tension<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">As peaceful relaxation becomes your intention<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Let your body be cradled by the gentle motion of the sea<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Just as a mother\u2019s loving arms cradles her baby<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Feel your spirit become one with creation as it expands<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">So that you now touch everything, but not with your hands<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">Expand your consciousness to exist and just be<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">In a state of being that has no future and no history<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past, I have had an amazing array of occurrences in my life that seemed to flow in the direction I wanted my life to go.&nbsp;&nbsp;My time living in Saint Louis&nbsp;was a phenomenal period in which I learned to go with the flow&nbsp;more and to release my white-knuckled grip on the illusion that I &hellip; 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