Lay down in a comfy spot and prop your head on a pillow. Make sure to
be wearing socks and preferably long pants (sweat pants work well).
Remember this journey takes time and concentration. Rushing will only
succeed in getting you frustrated!
Begin taking deep even breaths
Keep doing so until you feel the tension ease out of your body
Visualize (remember with meditation visualization is the key)
See yourself as you are today, what you look like, what you do, your
family, everything
about how you are right now
Focus
Take yourself back five years and repeat the above steps
Keep going back five years of your life, for example if you are 30 you
will begin visualizing yourself as you are now at 30, then you will
take yourself back to 25 and so on...You will keep doing this until
you see yourself as an infant
>From there you will become a bright, shining orb of energy (color does
not matter)
You will come to a hallway filled with many doors. You will pass down
this hallway until you come to a door that draws you in. There you
will see your Guide (they are not always right at the doorway,
sometimes they are further in). From there the journey is yours! Good
luck and blessed be

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy,
if a blade of grass springing up
in the fields has power to move you,
if the simple things of nature have a
message that you understand,
rejoice,
for your soul is alive.

Namaste

In Osaka, Japan, a thousand-year-old festival of paper dolls is celebrated annually on this date. The handmade dolls are traditionally rubbed on the bodies of the faithful to absorb illnesses, negativity, and evil spirits. The dolls are then taken to a bridge and dropped into the waters of the river below.

Afraid Of The Truth

Most of us have had the experience of being in possession of a piece of truth that we were afraid to share because we knew it would not be well received. There are also instances in which we ourselves have been unable to handle some truth confronting us. This might be a small truth, such as not wanting to see that our car needs repairs because we don’t want to pay for them, or a large truth, such as not fully accepting that someone close to us is pushing us away. Usually the truth is evident, and we can see it if we choose, but we have elaborate ways of hiding the truth form ourselves, no matter how apparent it is.

For the most part, we avoid the truth because it scares us, or makes us angry, or makes us feel like we don’t know what to do. We often create our lives based on a particular understanding, and if that understanding turns out to be fully or even partially incorrect, we may feel that our whole sense of reality is being threatened. It takes a strong person to face the truth in circumstances like these, and many of us run for cover instead. Nevertheless, we can only avoid the truth for so long before it begins to make itself known in ever more forceful ways.

Ultimately, there is no way to avoid the truth, no matter how painful it is, so the sooner we let down our defenses, the better. When we know the truth and accept that we may have to adjust our lives to accommodate, we are in alignment with reality. At the same time, we can be patient with people around us who have a hard time seeing the truth, because we know how painful it can be. Whatever the truth is, we make a sincere effort not to close our eyes to it, but instead to be grateful that we have access to it.
Daily OM