As Meditators we have a unique gift with our Meditation practice that allows us to go deep within to reach the source of who we are -with our unique thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations and the environment we live in.
To raise our awareness and state of Consciousness- first we check in with ourselves. Here are a few daily questions to ask ourselves.
How I am feeling right now? What am I thinking about? What sensations/emotions/feelings am I experiencing? What will it take to raise my awareness of “self”? Am I listening to the cues that Nature is offering me?
Here are some daily practices to help kick start the day and raise Conscious Awareness of Mind, Body & Spirit.
Ayurvedic Morning routine:
Ideally wake by 6am, to take advantage of the end of the Vata period (2am to 6am). The energy at this time of day is light and fresh. If you wake up too far into the Kapha period (6am to 10am) everyday, you will feel dull and more sluggish throughout the day.
Go to the Bathroom
Before eating or drinking – brush the teeth and scrape the tongue to remove toxic residue that builds up from the digestive system during the night.
Drink ½/3 glass of filtered water (luke-warm/ hot), limewater/ ginger water/ honey water (not hot).
Pranayama & Meditation or for those familiar with Rounding can do one Round.
Take a shower.
Eat breakfast.
Continue the day with some suggestions…..
live in the present moment (listen to Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of Now)
be of service in the community (what you give you receive back in abundance)
let go of old negative habits
be self-referral (come back to the self before blaming everything and everybody else around you)
raise my awareness of others by putting myself in their shoes – “What’s it like to be you?”
surrendering my preferences in my relationships gracefully and without resentment
giving to others what I want to give to myself i.e. if I want affection then give affection first, if I want attention then give others my attention first. Whatever I want for myself -give it first.
no expectations, no judgment, no sarcasm, no negativity
give freely, without keeping score
Everything is conceived, structured and perceived in our consciousness. Remember what I put my attention on grows so be mindful of what you are attracting into your life. One of my favourite sayings is “As we think so shall we be”.
STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND SOCIAL CHANGE
EPISODE 26 - THOM KNOLES
DECEMBER 25, 2019
“You cannot stop someone from behaving according to their level of consciousness.“
Listen to Thom here.
