Curtis H Stamey shares his simple ritual for
finding inner peace and letting go of the stress
and negative energy that we collect throughout
our daily lives.
In the midst of turmoil, stress and anger I
discovered a simple process that fills me with peace.
It has become a ritual that begins every new day. I find
that:
it removes all the negative baggage I
have been carrying
it cleanses my mind of all of the
negative words, thoughts and feelings that oppress me
it cleanses my spirit of all the
negative, foul and ugly stuff that sticks to it through the day
it erases painful memories and prevents
nightmare dreams
it connects me with my creator: my true
source of wisdom, love, forgiveness and healing
I’m
sharing my ritual with you here in the hope that it will help you too, find
inner peace.
Step One: Sit in Silence
Though my healing journey I have grown to love silence
and to respect its healing power.
In silence, my spirit experiences the love of my creator
as the two become one in perfect union.
In silence, your spirit can embrace the author of your
being without the distraction of words,
visions or the spectrum of feelings.
Silence allows
your spirit to be refreshed and renewed; it allows your body to heal.
Make sure, as far as you can, that there is no music
playing, that there are no sounds invading
the room where you sit.
Imagine the silence as warm rays of sunshine gently flowing over you.
Step Two: Empty Yourself of You
In just one day we can collect so much negative
junk. There are hurtful words from
other people. There are happenings that discourage
us and make us feel sad, angry,
and even worthless. There are mistakes we make and
their consequences.
There is old baggage from our past that we haven’t got
rid of.
There are worries about money, relationships and our
future.
The first thing to do is to empty yourself of you.
Empty yourself of all of the negative junk.
Empty yourself of your ego, your resentments, and your
failure to do what love requires.
Empty yourself until you are completely empty.
Here are some ideas
to help you:
1. Visualization exercise – Close your eyes and see
yourself covered with mud from head to toe. Imagine walking out of your
house into the rain. Feel the heavy weight of the mud.
Feel
the raindrops as they touch your body and wash the mud away.
See
the mud fall away as the rain washes your body and feel yourself getting
lighter
and
lighter as the mud is all washed away.
2. Physical exercise – Tighten your fists and hold
them in front of your shoulders with your elbows bent. Slowly open your
hands as you relax and straighten your arms.
Allow your hands to fall to
your sides. Repeat this exercise 3 times.
3. Kenpo focus exercise – Breathe in slowly until
your lungs are filled with air then breathe out slowly until your lungs are
empty of air. Repeat three times to feel empty and relaxed.
Step Three: Wait Patiently
It took me a long time to learn patience.
It means
stepping out of ‘Success World’,
a world full of deadlines, and leaving my stress behind.
Learning patience taught me an odd lesson, a paradox of being:
When
we take our time and don’t rush, we get a lot more done.
The end result is that we are able to do what we do so
much better.
The most important lesson we can learn from patience is
that everything happens when it is time.
Patience is a way of being; we don’t lag behind, but we also don’t get ahead of
ourselves.
It is the symmetry of every part of our life being in
balance and in the right proportions.
Patience is the state of being where we receive all good
things.
When you sit in your daily ritual you must never hurry,
all you must do is wait patiently.
Step Four: Be Open to Receive
The opposite of openness is bracketing. Bracketing
is a controlled way of thinking that always sees, hears and feels things from a
fixed point of view. It filters out new ideas, other points of view
and resists any kind of change. Bracketing says,
“That’s the way I see it.”
It is often very difficult to be open
to new ideas because it feels like a risk because our point of view feels safe
and normal to us. Being open means that we might have to change and we
don’t know what we will become. It may require you to experience some chaos in
your orderly world. But, as you learn and grow, you may find yourself
able to admit that parts of your point of view are wrong. You may also find
that discovering and adopting a new point of view sets you free and teaches you
how to be a better person. It’s also an “I am right and you are wrong” kind of
thing.
But once you start taking that risk it
can open your eyes to a new world, a world that is a feast for divergent
thinkers and creative minds.
Openness sets all of us free to have
new journeys of learning, growth and meaningful change.
Openness is an essential part of this
simple process because it allows us to accept everyone for whom and what they
are and to celebrate our differences. This harmony leads to peace because
it allows us to discover the beauty of
being connected without any fear.
When you sit in silence and wait patiently you are open to receive.
Wisdom, Joy and Peace
So to recap, the simple steps to inner peace are:
Sit in silence.
Empty yourself of you.
Wait patiently.
Be open to receive whatever comes.
Feel yourself being filled with wisdom, joy and peace.
Don’t try to control this process.
It’s not important to analyze it or create expectations
of what you want to happen.
It’s not about you. It’s all about your connection
with your creator.
To be clear, this is not a religious
process. I’m not preaching. There are a lot of words/names
for what I connect with through this
process and each of you has your own. Twelve step groups call it, “Your higher
power” but you might call it “God” or “Allah” or “the Universe” or “Source” or
you might call it nothing at all but simply recognize the feeling. It’s
all about the connection we make.
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