"The world is your kaleidoscope, and the varying combinations of colours, which at every succeeding moment it presents to you are the exquisitely adjusted pictures of your ever-moving thoughts."
James Allen
Through what lens are you viewing the world?
You perceive the world through your thoughts, emotions, moods, physical sensations and cultural norms.
These perceptions shape your reality.
To hold too tightly to &/or not recognise your point of view is to limit your sense of the world.
Meditation can be a way of seeing the lenses that shape your view.
It can loosen "fixed" view points and expand your perspective.
This can empower you with an orientation to
curiosity over criticism
&
a willingness to understand rather than assume.
TRY THIS
Tuning In
The tuning in practice is an opportunity to deliberately pay attention to the present moment.
It’s simply taking the time to notice what is making up your experience right now.
Start by taking 1 - 3 belly breaths.
What do you notice around you?
What can you see? .......... hear? ........ smell? ............. feel? ............... taste?..........
What's happening inside of you?
What thoughts are present? How do you notice your thoughts?
Are you experiencing any emotions or feelings? If so where do you feel? How do you notice them?
What about your body? Can you feel the sensations your body? Maybe you can feel the sensations of your breath?
Notice if these -thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations - related in anyway?
Notice if they are shaping the way you’re experiencing yourself and the world?
What's it like to open to your experience in this way?