Welcome to Week 2 of The Joy Diet blogger's book club.
This week our group tackled Menu Item 2 - "Truth". I've been gone for the past week on vacation so I missed out on "Nothing" (Menu Item 1.)
"Doing Nothing" for 15 minutes should have been easier than it was considering what I do for a living, but connecting with stillness just for it's own sake is not usually how I meditate! My own form of meditation involves grounding myself in Mother Earth, then working my way through the rainbow colours of the chakras starting with the base chakra upwards towards the Divine (white light) and then circling back to earth and going through it again and again. The "Doing Nothing" exercise seemed to be lacking and I felt distracted.
Item 2 was "Truth" and the first day I really got into the question, "What hurts?" and "What is the painful story I'm telling" etc. but by day 2 it just felt like I'd already spent enough time delving into the pain so now what?! The whole thing just started to feel too self-indulgent and I had a lot to do that day!
What I'm really interested in hearing about is how other folks handled "The Truth". So far it's been an interesting experiment and I can feel myself opening up to new insights and challenges that I want to explore. Interestingly enough, I tapped into Menu Item 3 - "Desire" in my last post - "Returning Home" and I'm looking forward to amping things up even more in the coming week.
It's never too late to join in the fun - you can sign up and read all the other entries at Toronto Coach, Jamie Ridler's site - http://tnc-thejoydiet.blogspot.com
The illustration featured above is from my Lefties Series drawn entirely with my non dominant left hand.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Truth
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Hihi, dear Kathy, as you're read 3 times about dancing- I read 3 times today about the feeling "oh pain, I have gone through this and worked on it so so often before".
And this is what I also felt, this "oh no, not again: what hurts"...
But this is where the path to healing leads, through pain, hurting, anger and the ever lasting question "does my story work"? who is this for?
Take care!
I hope you had a great vacation. I like the way you handled this chapter of the book. See ya next week.
The movement from the stillness of nothing to the churning upheaval of truth was quite interesting indeed! :)
Greetings, so glad you are seeking truth with us. It isn't always easy. I'm looking forward to desire this week. Have a good one.
I've had a hard time with this chapter. I keep getting myself tangled up in my thoughts. Heck, I can't even seem to find a way to write about it just yet. Although I do think that continuing to do "nothing" on a daily basis along with experiencing other facets of the joy diet will continuously make Truth a bit easier to converse with. My monkey mind needs a bit of a break! :)-
Thanks for sharing your truth with us this week. I found it a difficult journey but I am looking forword to moving on to desire.
Your chakra meditation sounds lovely. I don't think Martha Beck is saying that the only way to have stillness is to think of nothing, so if your meditation works, I'd stick with that! I'm much more of a guided meditation person myself but as you know, this week I tried dance amongst other things.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. :)
i, too, paused once i uncovered some truth for myself. "now what?" i asked myself. the fact is that i dwell in truth -- whether ugly or pretty truths -- quite often. it's what i DO with the truths i know that challenges me sometimes.
You made an interesting point... is the truth really the stuff that hurts? Or is it what we are able to transform that hurt into? Hmmm....
I love the picture!
This was a difficult chapter. Perhaps you'll have more fun with desire next week?
I agree that hearing how others worked through this chapter has been as healing as my own journey!
Your description of how you meditate is absolutely beautiful. This really was a difficult chapter. I found it very hard to continue to push myself towards the truth. I hope you have a better time next week with desire.
I did feel a bit of that "oh no, do I really have to do this? I've already done a lot of work on myself and have come across these painful beliefs before." Perhaps this work is never over, and having the painful beliefs show up just helps us to learn about situations when they come up, and give us a chance to apply some judo to these old monsters.
Kathy, This isn't really related AT ALL to your post but I love your hair!! super cute!!
Anywayz...lol seems like you do a lot of "nurturing" and guidance in your occupation and it makes total sense that this exercise would feel "indulgent"! Good luck and I'll see you next week yea? :)
Love your illustration with this post! Beautiful. Here's to Truth and Desire :)
miracles,
k-
coming by to say hello and let you know I thanks for sharing your thoughts on the "truth"
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