My grandmother passed away in December of 1992. Yet, I have been smelling
her perfume off and on for a while. As a Christian minister, I've seen and
heard quite a few things that are out of the ordinary. But mostly it's been
vivid dreams (as if I'm awake..able to touch, feel, hear, etc..) that more
often than not come to pass. Each time I smell my grandmother, I weep. I
was hoping that you could look past my religious cynicisms and help me to
grasp what's happening to me. Thanks

"Your bright and shining soul is a beautiful part of a perfect whole."

"The beautiful elfin lady of the forest strolls peacefully under the Mallorn trees. As she stops to gather a star-shaped flower from the tree's roots, her face is illuminated by the flower's glow and her hair cascades over her shoulder like a golden waterfall. A Myriad of stars twinkle in the skies, like multiple reflections of the ring on her finger. In this most tanquil of places she is beautifully in tune with nature."

Hello, I would like some advice on something.

I have not really meditated much before, because when I do, within minutes
I feel as though I'm floating out of my body (just in the room, not
anywhere else). I have had out of body experiences before and I know I can
get of out of body easily if I want to. But the thing is I do not want to.
They scare me and I don't see the point in them.

I would really like to meditate in order to see things more clearly in my
life, but I have not been able yet, to let go properly, because I start to
feel I'm leaving my body.

Do you have any advice to offer me? I would be very grateful for your

As of recently I have begun a new journey. I am, as it seems peeling off old layers of my life and beginning new ones. The thing is I feel that I am just taking baby steps. I have become at times very conflicted about what my heart and mind are telling one another. I just don't know how to find that medium place, the place where I can just "accept". I was wondering if someone could help guide me?

Love and light
ShadoDncr

"Love of colours bewilders the eye and it fails to see right.
Love of harmonies bewitches the ear, and it loses its true hearing. Love of perfumes fills the head with dizziness.
Love of flavors ruins the taste.
Desires unsettle the heart until the original nature runs amok.
These five are enemies of true life.
Yet these are what men of discernment claim to live for.
They are not what I live for.
If this is life, then pigeons in a cage have found happiness!"

Chuang Tzu

Love is all encompassing and does not restrict itself to 'this' or 'that'.

Chuang Tzu, I feel, points out that when we become engrossed in these pleasures we may miss the essence of life... and what is anything worth if we negate that?

Hi Chris,

A quick question. As you are in the place of the seer, when you interact/talk with people, do you find that through your interaction, you reflect their distortions back to them. I ask this because i am aware of it happening when I interact with un-enlightened people and think that I recognise it when I talk to you. Hope this makes sense.

Best wishes
David

Hi Chris and Trin

I'm sharing this as I'm sure I'm not the only one feeling this at the moment.

I floated out of 2007 on a fluffy cloud of positive optimism feeling strong and at peace .... and landed barefooted in the muddy field that is January. Yup I've got cold feet, with heavy sticky mud between my toes and I can't pull out of it.

I'm finding it hard to find anything positive, my problems on all levels seem way too big for me to handle, most of them matrix bound but nevertheless important, finances, divorce, housing. Yet when I meditate, seek the peace I crave, I'm given information and past life memories that just add to pulling me down. I've lost my spiritual wellies! It just seems that my spiritual path has hit a muddy patch at the same time as the rest of my life, the synchronicity is not lost on me, but it really doesn't help. I'd love to attune to the light but it seems to be just round the corner now and I'm stuck in this mud. Knowing what I should do and doing it are poles apart.

Today.

Today I am.

Today I am meditating.

Today I am meditating while I live.

While I stack dishes, sort clothes, walk dogs, be with my children, wash the mud off the floor, I am meditating. Awareness is for the moment, the moment is today, the moment is how I feel with all 6 senses and then some.

Today is love, there's love in the rain, in the miridians of colours in the mud and drizzle, in the sound of the broom sweeping, in the work that I do.

Today is acceptance. Acceptance comes in great waves of realisation. Realisation and then self-forgiveness and unconditional love. Acceptance that I can only do what I am meant to do. Anything else is not needed or isn't for now.

Just had to post to say thanks for the 'Becoming Me' video.

The imagery and colours were vibrantly stunning, the music hauntingly beautiful and the words put a smile on my face and a tingle down my spine.