9 months ago, I wrote the below review.
I had intentionally been single for the prior 5 years working on who I was/am without a partner, & my choices in past relationships.
When I found & listened to this, I felt I was close to being ready to be in the right relationship, with the right person.
8 & a half months ago, I met & fell in love with someone who is so much more than I ever even dreamed of looking for in a partner.
We are both amazed, & beyond ecstatic, to have found each other, & we’re currently planning our (very small & non-traditional) wedding, this august.
Did listening to this track help me find him?
There’s no way to know.
I do know, however, that within hours of meeting my partner, this track came to mind, & I realized that: not only it had helped my subconscious show me the attributes, & almost exactly the person, I was looking for; but it had helped me finally understand & accept the gifts of solitude on more than just a rational, intellectual level- something, I believe, I needed to fully appreciate, before i could become part of a relationship again.
Thank you for this track- &, for whatever part it played in the seemingly miraculously meeting of my partner in love & in life!🙏🏼💞
(Original review:)
What I appreciate the most about this meditation, is that it gave me a feeling of contentment & excitement at the idea of being with a companion, as well as the thought being by myself.
I was left feeling hopeful, after being inspired (& allowed) to create & immerse myself in beautiful scenarios regarding 2 subjects which my mind sometimes struggles to see as positive: my chances of finding someone to share life with, & the thought of spending so much time by myself, alone.
Our past experiences, personal desires, & unconscious acceptance of societal expectations, makes it easy for our minds to insist that both of those subjects be attended by pessimism, depression, loneliness, & a sense of failure. Making them subjects which my mind is sometimes wary of letting in.
But, during & after listening to this, I was reminded of, & I actually felt, the many gifts of both solitude, & a companion.
Once the track had ended, in my mind I stayed, smiling, sitting alone- but not lonely- in a small alcove on the dry end of long, fallen tree trunk now mostly submerged in the mountain lake my family hiked to every summer, since before i could walk.
I continued the tradition as an adult, with chosen family, until the beauty of the place was discovered, & its serenity was overrun by many people (who I can hardly blame for their eagerness to experience it). But, in my mind, I sat by the lake long before the trail to it had been widened & compacted- hardened- by the weight of millions of footfalls. I remained sitting there, back in a time when the other openings to the shore were empty of any other humans. & I could not have been more satisfied, content, or at peace with being the only human experiencing it.
Listening to this in the morning, early in my day, gave me a good mood to step into the rest of the day with (although, after 8 months of the rain & glare of an overcast sky, I’m sure that waking to a third sunny day in a row, helped that good mood a little too!)
Thank you for making & sharing this track! I will be returning to it whenever I need to remind my mind that neither love, nor solitude, need be a source of pain & strife!
