So last week my boyfriend and I went to West Wales for a week to celebrate our anniversary. We stayed in a beautiful lodge in Preseli and did nothing other than watch DVD's, sleep, eat and walk the dog in the outstanding welsh hills. The scenery was absolutely breath taking and I even managed to see a pod of dolphins from our view at the top of the hills. As some of you might remember, after my holiday in Kos last year I felt so relaxed and peaceful through the act of changing my routine that I made a commitment to myself to do it more often. I live a pretty relaxed life. I do a job I love, I have a man I love, a house I love and a ball of fluffy dog that I love too and even though I love my life it can get a little tiring. I still love packing the suitcase up and going exploring and I have found true value in finding new places in the world to sink into. This lodge was definitely one of those places. I have never seen a night sky so dark before. I have never been woken up by the singing of birds. It was so peaceful there, peaceful enough that I could hear my own thoughts.
Energetically I am extremely sensitive. I pick up on so much information around me that in order to cope I have instinctively learned over the years to numb myself down. I have had to learn to close off parts of my experience just so I can function properly as a human being. I am still learning as I grow deeper into my spiritual practice to open up previously closed off parts of myself within an environment that has strong enough boundaries for me to let my mind completely unravel or relax. So a place in the middle of nowhere was an absolute godsend. Don't get me wrong I still picked up on energies from the previous tennants of the lodge but it was minor enough that I could let it pass through without reading too much into it. I value places in which I can cultivate a dialogue with my own thoughts. No spirits, no energies, no profound shifts, just me and my thoughts. I love time to sit with a cuppa and think. I love time to digest and unravel and unwind. My mum always said to me that the only people I need to be wary of are those who can't be by themselves... and she's right.
If you can't bear silence, if you can't sit with your own thoughts then you are in trouble. If you can't sit with you then you need to, sit and really think about why you are so afraid. People that can't bear their own company inadvertently become energy thieves. If they can't maintain their own minds then they are going to try and take from yours. Silence is one of the most profound spiritual practices I have ever undergone. At one time I spent 6 whole months with a mind focussed solely on it's own silence. The space between words. The space between thoughts. The space between breaths. These are all moments when the chatter of the Universe makes way for the language of it. In these times I can hear myself thinking from a truly objective perspective. It's invaluable for my growth and development as a human being. I urge everyone reading this to take time to sit in silence. Phone off. Laptop off. Tv off. Music off. Just sit and listen to the world around you and look for the spaces inbetween!
Thank you
Big Love,
Ryan James
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