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Let’s Relax

06/06/2021 by Aruni

Let’s Relax

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Is this a weird time.
Or is this a weird time?

Is anybody else wondering—
What the heck just happened?

We’re “back” at life.

Are you?
Are you back?

I am 
Slightly back,
Depending
On the moment.

Ummm.
On second thought….

No,
I’m not
Exactly
Back.

I think the response that makes the most sense is:
To relax.

To relax around what is happening.

Here’s an experiment:
Make your dominant hand into a fist.
Hold it tightly.
Bring your awareness and attention to the sensations of tension.
Hold it tighter.
One degree even tighter.
Hold it…
HOLD IT!!
Notice,
Notice,
The tension,
The sensations,
Notice…..
And…..

Let go slowly.

Stay present for the letting go.
Sometimes it’s so much harder
To let go
Than it is
To hold on.
___________
Now notice…..
Where did you feel tension?
Anywhere beside the fist?
Your jaw?
Toes?
Stomach?
Shoulders?

I just said—tense up your fist.
Not your jaw/toes/stomach/or shoulders.

WE TENSE AROUND THE TENSION.
We tense around the tension.
We tense
Around
The
Tension.

I thought being spiritual meant—
Oh, good,
Finally!
No tension.

NOPE.

Tension is inevitable.
Relaxation around it….
That is the possibility.
Not throwing gasoline
On the flames
Of tension
And of stress….

Relaxation.
Relaxing.
Let’s relax.
~~~
Here is a Tiny Podcast/Meditation/on Relaxation.

Get comfortable.
Lay down.
Or just sit.
Whatever.
Please join me here:
AUDIO LINK

~~~
What matters?
How we are with ourselves?
How we treat one another?

Our capacity to grow
To feel
To reach out
To help another?

To create family
Community
Neighborhood
Union?

To make a difference.
To make a difference.
To make a difference.

My only prayer these days—
Help me
To make
A 
Difference. 

How do we mark our lives?
By how much we leave behind?
How do we mark the months
That just passed?

How do we evaluate this year
Of pandemic?

By fears?
By money?
By books written,
By
Songs sung?

How about—love?

Our capacity to love
Ourselves
And
One another.

Let’s relax.
With ourselves.
With one another.

It’s a weird time,
WEIRD transition.

What to do?
Let’s relax.

~~~
Seasons of Love

~~~

Dear Friends, 


With gratitude for each of you,
With gratitude for that which
Brings us together,
With gratitude for that 
Which
Carried us here,
Right here,
Right now—

Stay blessed,
Aruni

~~~

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