Dear Meditators
Turning up Nature’s Volume
Listen…… to desires, new ideas and thoughts!! They come to you through Meditation, through the senses or through the environment and other people.
By listening to Nature we go first from Being-our Big Self into action then become aware of our actions through our thoughts.
December is a great time to review the year that’s past. To celebrate all that the year has been even if it’s sometimes challenging. It’s a time to celebrate with family and friends and to reach out to the people around us.
Why turn up the volume that Nature is offering? Because by listening to Nature we are letting go of the ego mind and the chatter in the head. The ego wants to make sure we’re safe and to protects us, to comfort us which can bring some happiness but can also bring suffering and lost opportunities. Better to listen to the Big Self that is speaking to us through our small self, our individuality. When we turn up the volume and listen - our inner emotions and feelings feel charmed and right moving forward. We trust that our Cosmic compass that lies within has the right answers and guides us on the path we need to be on right now, in this present moment.
How do we turn up the Volume of Nature’s communication? First, we meditate twice daily. This brings us closer to Nature’s cosmic talk. We come to the present moment and place our attention on what’s happening around us through our senses - what can I see, hear, feel, taste and smell? As I write this newsletter, I stopped to be in the present moment and to look out at my garden. The white butterflies are pollinating, birds are singing, a neighbour has her grandchildren weeding in her garden and they are laughing, someone is cooking and it smells very pleasant, I feel loved and contented.
When we practice turning up the volume of happiness we let go of negativity and blame, we can come to a very different state of consciousness very quickly. Let’s turn up the volume by giving thanks for those around us. Ask Nature to shine our beautiful lights and spread our loving kindness with everyone we meet.
FYI - I will be on holiday from 20th December returning for our first Group Meditation on Monday 13th February 2023.
I’m travelling to India for our Annual Retreat with Thom and our Meditation Teacher Training with the Initators from around the world. We will be in Rishikesh at the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains. I’ll be posting pictures of the trip onto our Meditators Community Facebook page.
Merry Christmas to you all dear Meditators, have a wonderful holiday and festive season.
Thankyou all for a wonderful year. Keep shining your beautiful lights.
Love & Jai Guru Deva
Liz
What does ‘Jai Guru Deva’ mean?
‘Jai Guru Deva’ (pronounced ‘Jay Goo Roo Dave’) is a meditators salutation - we use it to say hi, bye, when greeting other meditators etc. or anytime we feel grateful for the supreme knowledge of life we have received as meditators - (we can say it to ourselves silently when we feel this swelling of gratitude in our hearts).
It literally means:
Jai: Glory to, Joy, Hail.
Guru Deva: In our case we are referring to Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (the person you see in the picture during your initiation) but in every generation the teacher is referred to as
Guru Deva. Guru Deva is really a title that has become a name.
Guru; Gu - means darkness, and Ru - means a remover.
Guru means a remover of darkness.
Deva means a shining one and is the source of the English word, Divine.
When we say Jai Guru Deva, we are giving thanks to whoever we feel is the source of supreme knowledge to us and in our generation that is ultimately Swami Brahmananda Saraswati.
