Hello friends.
Today's mini awakening practice is about pivoting toward peace.
So we all know that every conversation is very changeable.
It takes right turns and left.
Sometimes a single word or tone can shift the direction of a conversation.
This practice is an invitation to become aware of what it might mean to shift or pivot toward peace in any situation.
And by this we don't mean avoiding conflict.
It's not about avoiding anything.
It's not about trying to put a spiritual,
Peaceful veneer on things during your day.
It's about noticing that in any moment relationship is like a river.
Your relationship with yourself,
With your mind,
With your body,
With your emotions,
Your relationship with others.
It doesn't tend to move in just one direction.
It meanders.
It goes left.
It goes right.
It gets a little more intense.
It gets lighter,
Funny,
Serious.
So if you're sensitive and paying attention,
You'll notice during the course of your day today shifts and points in your conversations where things could go in a more conflicted direction or not.
You might notice little micro moments where you start to feel a tinge of resentment,
Aggression,
Or when you might feel inclined to retreat into yourself.
Often when we're having a conversation,
We're waiting for the other person to stop so that we can begin to talk.
There's a natural ebb and flow.
But if we're too oriented towards the next thing that we want to say,
Then we're not listening deeply.
Pivoting toward peace can be as simple as,
Oh,
I'm going to pivot toward listening more deeply,
To being more present,
To really understanding what this person is saying to me rather than think I understand,
Think I have it quickly wrapped up.
When you become aware of these moments in a conversation where you're finding it's getting a little heated or you're grasping to control some kind of outcome,
You might try holding this inner question.
What would it mean to make a pivot right now?
There's a choice.
You can pivot toward peace or you can pivot toward some egocentric fixation.
It might be that in today's conversations you don't make any of these conscious pivots,
But you're noticing where the spaces are where you might have and how that may have shifted the direction of the river.
It's about noticing the pivots or the opportunity for pivots.
You might ask yourself what would it be like to have a more peaceful relationship with my experience of being in this moment,
Which is not the same as avoiding conflict.
Sometimes we need to be clear and strong with our expression,
But we can have a peaceful relationship with that clarity and that strength and with the person we're talking with.
What would it be like to have a more peaceful relationship with my experience of being today?
What would it be like to have a more peaceful relationship with my experience of others and how they are feeling?
Can I drop my resistance to how they may be feeling and how I'm feeling?
And listen deeply.
Pivot toward peace.
Thinking this way during your day will evoke new options that were not previously obvious.
Options for ways of being with yourself and others.
What would a more peaceful relationship with this experience,
With this conversation,
With this moment be like?
This question opens new avenues within us.
Avenues through which deeper consciousness can flow.
That's the invitation for today.
Take it gently and be curious.
Be well,
My friend.
