We have all been thrust into quarantine. It’s not easy. As we sit with ourselves and the ones we love we are forced to face the good, the bad and the ugly of us. How are you dealing with it?
I’ve been fortunate enough to have my “quaran-team”. A group of people that I’ve been in pretty close and regular contact with and who are the foundation of my core social sphere. Many people don’t have that.
What we become during this time is so important. We can either self-isolate in a dysfunctional way or we can grow by connecting with spirit and with those we love no matter if it’s in person, from a distance or virtually.
Our call as humanity is to find out who we are. Do we breathe into the fear of all that is happening or do we breathe into love? I choose to breath into love.
Love is the highest emotion. Our goal as a community is for Love to be our default. It is only with practice that we are able to make love our default.
How do we do that?
When faced with anxiety and fear of all that surrounds us we acknowledge it allow it and then readjust to the feeling of love. It’s not always easy, but as we begin to recalibrate toward love it becomes easier.
Paying attention to our reactions is important. We have years of conditioning and most of that conditioning is out of response to fear and all the things that “could” happen. Our relationships and patterns are impacted by this conditioning. When we reach for the higher goal of “LAOD” (Love As Our Default) we are faced with these conditionings. Once we know where we react in fear we may begin to adjust and recalibrate.
Through prayer and meditation we are able to begin tapping into that higher state of consciousness. Our prayer may be to an embodiment of the divine or just to the greater formless divine within and without. Meditation in whatever form also helps facilitate connection to the divine. Prayer & Meditation allows us to bypass the physical reality to tap into the divine/spiritual reality.
As we grow toward love we can find peace in all of the uncertainty. There is nothing more constant than uncertainty and change. Embracing this knowledge and forming relationship to the now and to love facilitates a comfort with being in that space of “unknowing”.