A very big aloha.
I'm Reverend Cindy Paulus,
And I wanted to take a little time today to talk about how precious life is.
We get so wrapped up in a lot of things we have to do between work and commitments and stuff,
That a lot of times we just forget.
We just forget to remember how precious life is,
Until sometimes we get stopped in our tracks by life,
Or something happens that changes our perceptions enough to realize how precious life is.
And it seems so important to me to not get to a point where you're close to leaving everything behind to realize how precious this life is.
And it can happen,
It just happens a lot.
And so it's important to use the time that you have,
To take the time that you have,
To be really grateful,
To be really aware of how you are,
And how precious your time here is.
And I really think that meditation is a key in helping you get to that point.
We can easily get our minds in a getting stuff done track,
Right?
A list of to-dos that we have to do.
And that list will very gratefully take over and just direct what we have to do.
But as we're doing that,
Sometimes we forget other things that are really important about why we're doing what we're doing,
What's really most important in what we're doing.
And it's easy to get off track.
It can happen so many ways,
You know,
It's really countless,
Countless ways we can get off our track.
And it's up to us to be a guardian.
It's up to us to realize how important it is for us to stay in the center,
Stay in the center of that place inside.
So we can stick with it,
You know,
To be with it,
To be aware of why we are here,
To be aware of how precious your time is,
To be aware of what's most important in your life.
And it's something you can foster.
It's something you can direct yourself to do and to be.
If you take the time in meditation,
Or it can even be when you're taking a walk,
Or it could be even when you're talking to someone,
You know,
Letting this be your focus in life,
What's most important.
And then it kind of grows in a beautiful way.
It grows in a way that it would be very hard to even quite understand,
But it does.
And so that's why I feel meditation is so precious,
You know,
And taking walks in nature is so very precious to be aware of of our blessings in life.
Now we take a year,
One day out of a year,
And do Thanksgiving in different places at different times,
But isn't it nice to have Thanksgiving every day?
Isn't it nice to be aware of how beautiful your life is every day,
How lucky you are to be alive,
Most likely in the place you live is extremely wonderful,
You know.
And so this is really what's,
I think,
Valuable.
That gratitude is an eye-opener.
It attracts more.
As you look for more,
And you're grateful for what you have,
You begin to see more.
And isn't that interesting how that works?
You know,
As you feel love,
And as you express more love,
You attract more love.
As you are being what is that wonderful,
Precious,
Highest part of yourself,
It draws in more of that same around you.
I'm sure you have had a chance to experience how this works.
It happens when people fall in love,
And all of a sudden,
All of life looks like love,
And they're on a high from the love they're in.
Of course,
In loving relationships,
That high doesn't last.
It evolves,
It changes.
And love in your life for your inner self and for your highest self evolves as well,
In that same way.
It will begin to evolve,
And you will begin to see more and understand more.
It takes on its own beautiful process,
Really amazing.
I mean,
I've been doing this since I've been 13 years old,
And I meditate every day,
And I've never gotten tired of what,
It's always amazed me how much I learn and see what it does,
And how it changes my perception,
And what it brings to me.
For me,
It brings writing,
What I write,
Music,
If I have music,
And art sometimes,
If I want to create art.
It is the basis of inspiration.
Of course,
That's one of my favorite words,
In spirit,
Right?
How spirit is within you,
And how spirit will bring you that inspiration is just a precious,
Precious gift.
Now,
Let's take some time to be together in spirit,
And to be inspired in spirit.
And it's just that precious time where we're aware of our breath,
And our breathing in,
And our breathing out,
And how we're sitting,
And how our spine is,
And what's going on in spirit.
And we just take some time to do that,
You know,
With deep breaths in,
And holding,
And just allowing yourself to let go,
And breathe out.
And very simple,
Very simple,
Breathing in,
And holding,
And letting go,
Until you are just feeling comfortable in that sacred sacred breath of each in breath,
Holding,
And each out breath.
We don't appreciate our breath enough,
I think we really do appreciate how powerful each breath in,
And each breath out is,
And how we can work with it in so many ways.
Our breath sweeps our mind,
And we allow it to do that,
And we embrace that just breathing,
And being here now.
And as we do the breathing in,
And the breathing out,
We invite our spirit,
We invite our spirit to be present,
To be here now,
To be allowed to be in that sacred spot within,
To be conscious of how that sacred spot within is with us,
When we allow it to be.
How would that spirit wish you to be present?
How would you allow that spirit to grow?
Let's take some time,
Some precious time,
To be timeless.
Put that wonderful light,
That's a white light above you,
Way up through you,
Below,
To the right,
To the left,
In front,
And behind.
And a wonderful white light and feel like you are totally surrounded by that energy,
By that loving presence.
How do you feel?
Are you more aware now that you're in the sacred space inside?
I'm aware of some birds outside,
I can feel a light breeze coming through the window.
I close my eyes and look within,
I'm seeing some lovely shades of colors.
Now let's invite our soul to be present here with us,
As our guide.
How can you expand your mind a little more to allow that wonderful soul present to be totally present with you,
To be aware of that soul's presence?
It takes a few moments to change the focus,
To focus on that place when it's inside that the soul is very comfortable with.
The soul has been with you for so,
So long.
And as you allow that soul's presence to integrate with all of you,
Ponder where the soul gets its inspiration,
Its spirit from.
Let's go to that place that is the inspiration point for all of life,
For everything.
Where is that one spirit from,
That inspiration coming from?
Right now,
I'm going to allow you to be there in the silence.
Spirit speaks in many ways.
Now I'm noticing the colors inside that I'm seeing,
Getting lighter,
Getting brighter.
What do you see?
Notice how that spirit heightens your awareness and sensitivity.
Notice how that spirit integrates into all parts of you.
Allow it to be totally present here and now.
And ask your spirit to connect with you in any way,
Any messages that you might need or use in your life.
And give spirit the space now to do that.
So precious,
This wonderful gift,
This gift that's free.
This gift of that spirit within you,
Inspiring you.
And slowly come back.
Follow that thread.
Follow that thread of inspiration through your soul,
To your mind,
To your conscious awareness as you come back and be totally inspired and conscious of what has come to you.
This gift,
This precious gift of being with spirit.
And you might want to write something down or use it in any creative way you might imagine.
It's a great gift that is free and I thank you.
I thank you so much for taking the time to share it with me.
A deep bow of gratitude and love.
