What Stands Between You And Your Playfulness?

What is stopping you from being vital and playful? Sometimes our mind is so courted up in the hamster wheel, that we waste all our energy feeding that state of being. The truth is that anything that stands in between you and the playful version of you, is a resistance to the flow and it's created by you, it's not real.
In this quick meditation practice, we will contemplate and release the obstacles, that prevent us from embodying the playful flow of life and creation. Life is bliss.

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I know so little. I feel the polarization. I took one course on The Tao in Insight Timer and it expanded my understanding while at the same time confounding me!

The recent outcome of the presidential election in which more than 50% of the US electorate chose a criminal and madman over a highly qualified woman of color was, for me, a final blow. A huge loss. A crushing weight of shock and fear, and anger, and finally GRIEF.

This meditation is the first one I’ve been able to listen to and begin to “take in”. I mean I was devastated and feeling terrified and isolated and paralyzed. I literally could not find my breath - I was reduced to tears and very shallow breathing- I didn’t recognize myself. I was raging and thoughts of serious violence looped and looped in my head. Not sleeping, not eating, not able to meditate. A hijacking of all I thought I knew and believed- felt ripped away. Totally exposing my own feebleness, frailness, and vulnerabilities. I felt so helpless and weak. I wanted to throw it all away. I was giving up on hope itself. Should I keep meditating? Why? I can’t take someone saying it’s going to be ok. My thoughts shouted back at me: NO ITS NOT!! It’s NOT going to be “OK”- it’s going to be oppressive, hateful, harmful…. And on and on.
I needed honesty, not platitudes.

And then, today, I was reminded of the THE TAO in this meditation. The light entwined with the dark.
Both existing all at the same time.

Hope is a boat and I pledge to stay IN the boat. And I am bravely navigating the sea of turmoil by counter-Intuitively guiding my boat straight INTO the storm, into the waves. It’s the only way to keep hope alive, to keep the boat from swamping and sinking.

It’s no different than driving a car in the winter and hitting a patch of ice. For those who live in very cold climates you already know what I’m going to stay. When you hit ice in your vehicle, you must steer INTO the slide in order to keep the car on the road and stop the slide from increasing into an out of control spin . The danger comes with panic. If you panic you pull the wrong direction and increase the danger you are putting yourself and others into.
The opposite of what you THINK is what you need to do. The scariest thing, the really hard thing, THAT is what you need to do. The thing that you reject as crazy is the very thing you need to do , to survive a crash or the swamping of your boat.

Forgive the metaphors if they are too much for you. They are helping me see my way forward. I hope they may also be helpful to others who are confused and upset and can’t seem to get their balance back and are hurting.

Love wins the day. Not hate. Love, not Fear. Love, not revenge. Love always wins. And by winning I really mean to say Love Heals.
Love yourself. Do this one thing if you can’t see to do anything else right now? Love yourself more! Get on your own side. Start there.

Listening to this meditation is helping me REMEMBER who I am. I am a joyful and kind human being.
I love myself and I love you.

Have hope. Stay in the boat. What storms may come, (and we know they will) May your hands be steady on the wheel and with courage May you head straight into the waves, and steer into the spin on the icy roads ahead.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

Breathe into it all. Breathe and lean in! I am right here with you.

I absolutely loved this talk. The message totally resonated with me and I believe there is profound wisdom here. Thank you so much! 🙏

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