We live in a world of systematic structures, and too often, it can seem so overbearing for one little soul. Maybe, you don’t mind the order in all of this chaos, or maybe you’re one of those persons who does things their own way, flowing with the natural occurrences of external forces.
Either way we choose, we sometimes get lost. Sometimes, we question where we’re going; if what we’re doing is the right thing for the benefit of our future. If this resonates with you, I understand. I send you many virtual pats on the head. And I honestly wish I had the answers to alleviate the stresses and worries in your lives. I’m here to tell you that I’m also in the Lost Woods with you. I can’t sit here and pretend like I’m the perfect candidate on answering the many mysteries of the universe. I’m you. I struggle with you, and because I do, I want to share my thoughts and experiences. In all honesty, we’re just a huge school with many people teaching one another through their examples. It’s best we take a look around and observe the simple people.
There’s one thing for certain that we must realize while we’re struggling: not to lose ourselves in the midst of trying to find our way out of the Lost Woods. More than anything, these Lost Woods shall serve the purpose of finding ourselves, helping to train us in grounding. Remaining calm just as the eye in a big storm.
There are a lot of things in your life right now that you can’t control and it’s extremely difficult to feel helpless when all of these unfortunate events happen around us. These events will make us feel lost and confused, like nothing will ever change, like it’s game over. It’s only game over when you decide it is. No one and nothing else gets to decide who you are in this world or what you can and can’t do, despite the game of titles society plays. You’ve the power to train your mind on how to think and feel, especially about yourself.
From my personal experience, it all starts with you. Today, you get to decide who you want to be and how you want to be. Even with these thoughts and motives for the day, something could change your mind. Something bad could happen.
Here is one method I’ve practiced to keep calm and ground myself:
- First, take a moment to breathe and remember that you’re no good to yourself and others if you lose yourself to all the chaos.
- Second, close your eyes and visualize you’re in the room alone (if this doesn’t work because of a loud background, step away, step outside, or put headphones on with soothing music)
- Third, locate your aura. This may not be easy, so I recommend visualizing that it’s become so expanded and everything and everyone around you is inside of it; therefore, it’s the reason why you’ve become so agitated lately. Your aura is your spiritual body and if there are things stuck in it, you may started to feel confused and scattered. Always acknowledge the problem first so that you know where to focus on healing.
- Fourth, imagine your expanded aura shrinking, decreasing smaller and smaller, to where it’s finally surrounding just you. Nothing and no one else is no longer clouding your aura.
- Fifth, once you feel that your aura is surrounding only you, keep it there. Focus the energy only on yourself. Feel you. Remember to breathe deep breaths. I find that breathing deeply and focusing on that during this process helps.
- Sixth, when you feel a sense of calmness and readiness, then open your eyes and go back to the situation beforehand and see how you feel. If you haven’t feel changed about it, you may need more time or need to seek a different means of grounding. There are always many ways to feel grounded. No one way is the right way for everyone. You also don’t need permission to change things up. Find what works for you.
If in the process of practicing this sort of meditation there comes a random worry or thought, you can push it away. Just imagine that this thought is like an object, maybe a cloud, you can push it or throw it in the opposite direction.
This method may take time depending on how confident you are in your visualizing skills. Doubt can be the biggest problem in ridding our issues. This may come from not trusting yourself. Remember, you are your thoughts and feelings. You CAN change them. It’s not easy, but it is possible.
I think when we ground ourselves, we understand ourselves more. We begin to know more about who we really are. When you practice any exercise like this and it gives you good results, you’ll want to spend more time doing it, and I ultimately think that will help with your confidence when problems arise.
Years ago, I would have doubted the power of the mind. Trusting myself was very difficult. Of course, I’m not saying that it still isn’t. I still have my battles like everyone else. Grounding myself has become a special key to my mental and emotional stability. It always refreshes me and reminds me of who I am, instead of what the world made me out to be.
In closing, I just want to give thanks to those who have stuck by me all of these years. I opened this blog in 2011. Sometimes, I’ve skipped months, and this time I’ve skipped probably about two years. But I just wanted to let you all know, if you’re still reading, I’m still here keeping everyone in this world in my thoughts.
For those in Australia, you especially have my thoughts. <3 Stay safe!
Here’s a link to donate for this nation’s emergency situation: https://www.wwf.org.au/get-involved/bushfire-emergency#gs.q7zy8y