meeting what arises + happy winter solstice!

hello!

the question has come, how to meet what arises?

perhaps you're noticing the answer within the question

it's with the phrase "how to meet"

meet what arises in the truest sense, with your complete undivided attention
undivided by thinking
or ideas or beliefs or concepts or theories

with pure consciousness
(you!)

meet what arises fully
100%

that means with no mind
as your true formless vast nature

meet this conditioning, the old as if it's good news, which it is
a friend in disguise

an opportunity is here
the possibility of liberating something
of gaining wisdom

move toward it

rather than turn away or push away

use your wisdom

we know that something has arisen because we can feel it

the wisdom lies in staying with the feeling, the felt sense of what's here
no matter how it feels
stay

without going off into the mind

stay here

stay conscious
stay alert

stay awake

stay feeling

however long it takes

locate where the sensation is strongest in the body

feel it

perhaps touch it gently with your hand

shine the light of consciousness on it
(that's you!)

surround it with love and compassion

because you can!
run toward it 

with a wide open heart and a warm loving embrace

turn up your light

give this your complete attention

without losing awareness of your formless essence

aware of this ground of being

and aware of what has arisen
keep feeding it with love and compassion

the moment we're willing to truly meet this

without a story

without trying to mentally figure it out

or find a solution

or a way to stop it

without trying to bandaid it

or resorting to an addiction

which includes "comfort food"

using your wisdom

this may include a mantra
an affirmation

a yes

opening to what is

aligning with what is
surrendering to what is
staying perfectly still

opening your heart even more

opening to wisdom

opening to gratitude

meeting and feeding this energy (that's really all that it is) with love & compassion

however long it takes
stay here
stay in your body

breathing

breathing

breathing

stay
stay
stay

using the eckhart wisdom that i posted here a few days ago upon my return

"... create a space for transformation to happen, for grace and love to enter."

the moment we're willing

something begins to soften

to open

to shift

to transform

we can feel the love

we can feel the grace
we can feel this gift of consciousness
 wisdom from direct experience arises
joy arises
peace arises

happy & blessed winter solstice!
the light returns today!
21 december 2019
8:20pm pacific time
welcome, winter!

wisdom says to greet the shift into this new season with any forgiveness that's needed
(including forgiving the unforgivable)
and strong intentions

magic & miracles & love & joy & peace to you for the most beautiful winter ever



infinite love & blessings
~ moni

📷 beautiful graceful swan in stanley park's lost lagoon, august 2014
if you have the medicine cards, take a look at swan #39, grace