A Prayer-Meditation For Community

         Churning waters at Elbow Falls in September 2022.  Taken by J Hirst.

This past week, for me, has been full of activities about our community...our neighbourhood community, our volunteer community, and our Fish Creek Park & dog walking community.  The days have consumed hours and been quite fun!  I feel blessed that we have these connections.

As you know, there are not any coincidences.  So when I received an email from one of the spiritual thought leaders that I follow - Nick Polizzi - I felt that his message was very supportive of being in community. You can follow Nick and his generous sharing of information at thesacredscience.com.  

In his latest email to his tribe, he talked about the Bodhisattva Prayer for Humanity.  It felt so perfect to me that I am sharing from his email both his comments and the prayer.  

It is said that His Holiness the Dalai Lama considers this text to be THE source for developing altruism in your character and the "Spirit of Awakening." It is also said that His Holiness the Dalai Lama recites this prayer every morning as part of his waking rituals. So, if you give it a try, you are in good company!

Bodhisattva Prayer for Humanity

"May I be a guard for those who need protection

A guide for those on the path

A boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood

May I be a lamp in the darkness

A resting place for the weary

A healing medicine for all who are sick

A vase of plenty, a tree of miracles

And for the boundless multitudes of living beings

May I bring sustenance and awakening

Enduring like the earth and sky

Until all beings are freed from sorrow

And all are awakened."

Now, exhale and be still for a brief moment.

What speaks loudly in this prayer is that we are all in this together. We are alive thanks to our ancestors and by helping the people, plants, animals, and life in our environment, we show appreciation for existing in this world.

This prayer is perfect for using in one's daily meditation practice and being thankful for community.

Blessings

Judy

The Easy Path

 

Picture is from a LinkedIn 

When animals travel from place to place, the path that they use is not straight forward but winds up and down and around obstacles.  Generally, animals find the easiest path even if it is the longest.

Humans are different.  Humans tend to charge up and over or through whatever obstacle may exist.  Humans will chop and hack and cut to get through a barrier.  It may be faster and it is definitely harder work.

Yet, if the animal and the human start at the same place and have the same destination, the path of least resistance will eventually get the animal to the spot.  

Through my life, I have found that when the destination is the “right” destination, the path is usually easy. Things seemingly fall into place.  When the destination is not the best option for me, the path is seems filled with obstacles.  When I change where I am going, then I move back into the flow.

Where are you going, and which path are you taking?

Blessings

Clearing the Karma that Blocks You in This Life

 

Picture of Moraine Lake with the beautiful mountains in the background.

I have been working with clients on Karma Clearing over the last several weeks.  It has been educational for me.  Sometimes when we do something for a long time (I have been doing this for seventeen years), we forget about the energy and excitement that the client feels when an issue is cleared.

What defines an issue?

When a person has a problem or issue that appears more than three times in their life, and when that problem stops the person from moving forward with their life, then there is an issue.  I call it a karmic issue because it is a piece of a past life that did not get resolved and therefore is showing up in this lifetime.

Some examples of issues are:

• Not being able to have long term relationships with partners or friends
• Constantly getting money and then losing the money
• Having problems holding down jobs
• Fighting with everyone
• Feeling no place is safe
• Disagreements about everything with one or two family members
• Disliking being told what to do even when it makes sense that someone needs to tell you what to do in different situations
• Fear of different people or animals or water or heights, etc.

How Does The Process Work?

The person has to be ready to do the work to clear "stuff".  If the person is not ready, they usually get sick or have a family emergency or even have to travel and therefore must cancel the appointment.  

The appointment can be done by phone or Zoom.  It takes one to two hours.  On average, we can be done in an hour and twenty minutes. Each clearing is done in the form of a meditation.  This makes the process repeatable.  After doing several sessions with me, the client can do the work themselves.

We start with creating sacred space.  We then clear negative stuff from the body.  Next step is to determine what the biggest issue is to clear.  Then we do the meditation process to go to that past life and any others to look at how the issue came into being, and we clear it.

The last part is to balance the body because several changes have been made.  The client gets to talk about all the changes and whether they want to do another session.  Each person has to wait two weeks after the first session before doing session two.

I close sacred space for both of us.  The session is complete.

I am happy to answer any questions about the process.  You can email me at lightstationwisdom@gmail.com or use the form on the side of the page to send a message.

Many blessings,

Judy