The experience we have inside our human body, and inside our mind, is somehow similar to the nautilus shell. The nautilus shell, which is a home for an animal of the earth, our body/mind, so too, is our home, and as householders, we need also be housekeepers, to regularly clean, re-organize, and realize that we have 100% access to clean spaciousness, any time, all the time. It is easy to feel compressed or confined in the smaller chambers of perception, inspiration, or embodiment. We have all had this felt sense, especially in this monumental time of transition, and all of its accompanying emotions. It has been my experience, that sound meditation, and particularly the infinite caliber of sound the gong creates, helps us keep energy moving in the right direction, to keep the emotions in motion, so they don’t become shadow or commotion. It is a key of light, unconditionally willing to open the gates, so the psyche can relax, so the heart can beat freely to a rhythm more ancient than any of us could conjure. May this meditation allure your awareness into the larger compartments of the inner nautilus, so it can unwind, expand & elongate. Meet every living emotion at the door, smilingly, even laughingly, knowing that they are each guests… visitors intending on growing you. As the shell moves through water, it is a kind of revolving still-point, and as we move through the turnstiles of these changing times, we can use our practice to help us know our center, even when the undertow is strong.
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