Quieting Down to Feel More

I have been doing a lot of work lately with meditation and mindfulness and connecting more to the world as a whole.

Meditation seems to many to be something that belongs to other spiritual pathways and maybe not so much to those following a witch or pagan road.
I have not found it to be so.
I have found that connecting in quietness and stillness to all that is around us broadens our empathy and our entanglement to all energies.

In our sensory overloaded world we, as witches, can find ourselves bombarded with stuff that really does not belong in our realm of experience.

We can be bombarded so hard that it makes our path seem lost in a mist of over commitment, of limited time, of too much to do and not enough time to do it in.

We can see the difficulties of others, of being ostracised, of ridicule , of difficulties that are foisted upon us through social media, television, world events.

Yet if you dare pull yourself away from the noise of the world, if you dare unplug - if you were to take yourself away to a spot in nature where you are surrounded by bird song, a stream, leaves whispering in the breeze, what do you hear and how do you feel?

Your mood will change immediately when you connect back with that essence.

For that is the true sound of the world - quietness and calmness and not the crazy noise we have created as human beings busy to get to our destinations and finish our tasks.

We all need to slow down and stop more often that we give ourselves time to do so.
It allows the brain to make sense of all that we are dealing with and allows our own minds to filter the information and store it properly.

If we just keep shoving things in we will end up exploding and just breaking down.

Everyone's computer needs to be backed up, cleaned out and and rebooted right?

How much more sensitive is our brain! How much more precious is our mind - our personal storage system of all there is in our world.

Creating peace within ourselves allows us to feel more in charge and capable.
It allows us to be ready for the next thing to come along and not think that one MORE thing will just break us.

In our quiet moment we can connect with our Mother Earth so that she can clear and cleanse us.

We cannot connect with the ancients, Gods and Goddesses and Earth energies that we work with and grant them the ability to work with our bodies.
If we are forever busy we are just pushing them away and saying I'll find time for you later, and you and I both know that time never arrives.

If we are to be truly witches we must place value on what is VALUABLE to US.

Meditation and Mindfulness builds a strong core. It builds your backbone and a place to start from where you say, "the rest of the world needs to wait while I deal with myself first and get myself centred and strong - then I can come out fighting."

Think about incorporating Mindfulness and Meditation into your daily habit.
Stat with a 2 minute meditation or a 5 minute meditation.
You can find those easily on your mobiles.
Or try silence.
try turning off your notifications, snapchat, twitter etc.
SIT IN SILENCE.

You will actually find that over time your chosen Gods and Goddesses will be able to be heard loud and clear.

Just...give...them...the ...space.. to..do...so.