Meditation – Mindfulness – Spiritual Awareness
Becoming a Spiritual Gemstone is all about meditation! There are many forms of meditation which we can practise – mindfulness meditation, guided meditation, contemplative meditation, just to name a few. Then there are those moments of meditation which are in stillness and silence. We don’t try to think of things to say or ponder, simply sit, slow down the thoughts, and go into stillness and listen.
I took the photo for this week’s blog in a little place on the south coast of NSW called Eden.
The cliff face was just stunning in the light of the afternoon sun. The many layers of soil and rock were so clear, and as I marveled at what I was seeing, it gave me a wonderful message which I would love to share.
The first layer of earth is filled with the noise of worms, insects, fungi, roots, etc. This is the noisy part of the earth where things are constantly happening. As you focus on the image and move down through all the layers of earth and rock, your eyes can finally come to rest on that place of complete stillness – the deep, dark silence. That’s where the gems are formed – the rubies, the diamonds, the emeralds. In deep silence and with pressure and patience, rocks are transformed into beauty and magnificence.
This is a fabulous metaphor for our own lives. The noisy part of the earth where things are constantly happening, is just like our thoughts which don’t seem to know when to stop or how to stop. But, as we slowly move down through our layer of thoughts and into the layer below, we come to a much quieter level where we find our intuition. A layer where we can actually listen to messages that may be unfolding.
But, in order for us to become the gem, we begin by slowing down the body and the mind, and then slowly move into the deepest, sacred silence. We still recognise the noise of our thoughts going on above us, but as we sit in this silence with patience, transformation begins to take place. Over time, as we block out the material world around us, and practise moving below the noise and into the depth of silence, we too can become the light-filled spiritual gem.