Aloha,
I'm Reverend Cindy Palas.
How are you doing today?
I want to talk about stillness and how to practice meditation and contemplation from that place where you can be still.
I had an interesting experience.
I've been wanting to walk on this trail.
The road's been closed and the bridge hadn't,
After a storm,
It had been kind of washed away.
You couldn't cross the bridge to this beautiful trail.
So the only way to cross it was by going over this river that's now in three parts because a lot of rocks have come down from that storm.
So you have to walk across the first two,
Which are about ankle deep,
No biggie.
But the third part's the major part of the river,
Right?
So there's a section that looks like it's not so deep.
And I found the part that was like the closest way from one shore to the trail I wanted to walk.
But then there was another part just above it that looked very still.
But it was deep.
So I took the one that was very still.
But you know the phrase,
Still waters run deep?
Well,
It was pretty deep.
I landed up going up to my waist in water.
This is with my,
Of course,
My clothes on.
I was dressed in,
My shoes,
Of course,
Were soaked by this point.
But you know what?
Because it was still,
I was easily able to cross over to that part of the path I wanted to get to.
Now going back,
I decided since it was so deep going over to try to cross over the river on the part that wasn't so deep.
But there were more rocks.
And I got on there and the rocks had moss and they weren't even and they were all over the place and very slippery.
And I found it much more dangerous and actually frightening to try to cross the waters that were not so deep,
But rocky and uneven.
And I really did come away from that experience realizing sometimes the still waters,
Even though they run deep,
Are the best way to go.
And our mind is the same way.
Our mind is like an amazing pool of energy.
And when you have still waters in your consciousness,
Those still waters can go very,
Very deep,
Very deep.
And we can reach deeply into our soul and find that stillness there within is a beautiful place to dwell and find the objective observer and to find the light and to find the energy that is there when we go deep,
Deep,
Deep within those still waters.
And we've had a lot of chances over the last six months,
Many,
Many opportunities over the last six months to do less.
Sometimes many people just literally spent the time inside.
Some people found the time to bake more,
Some people were gardening more,
But more people were also meditating and looking into contemplative practices.
And that's been interesting because all of a sudden there's so many people looking for the inner connection.
And in many ways,
There's so many paths of meditation,
Right?
So many practices.
But almost all practices ask you to be still and to be aware.
And that practice is a very,
Very timeless practice that's been going on for thousands and thousands of years.
And some people used to go into the desert and have their visions there and their time and contemplation there.
And there's people who still do vision quests,
You know,
To go out by themselves in nature and commune.
And I feel still it's so important to have that energy,
That mana,
That prana that happens when you do connect with the real source,
The creative source there within.
And that happens best when you're a clear channel,
A still clear channel to receive the energy that comes from the source of all energy.
And at that time,
Then you can feel like you're renewed,
Like you're restored because you indeed are plugging in to the source of all power,
Of all light and all energy.
And that light is indeed a conductor of energy as well.
I wrote this poem,
Be still and know that I am God.
Just be still.
Breathe in and be here right now.
Just be here.
Let your mind go.
Release and hold your breath and be still here now.
Let yourself be and finally be free and be here now.
Be still and know that I am God.
Be in the light.
Breathe in and fill your heart with love.
Breathe in the love.
Let your heart be open and full.
Feel that love now.
And let that love fill your soul and feel that love grow.
Be still and know that I am God.
It's all here now.
Infinity goes on forever and so does your soul.
Listen,
Listen and you'll know you can be the love.
You can live in the light.
You can let peace be in control.
Be still and know that I am God and the truth will flow.
Open the door.
Come inside.
Let that healing come to your soul.
Let yourself be in joy and see it's all meant to be so be still now.
So let's be still and stiller and find that inner stillness within.
Now we know the mind can often chatter and it can have so many inputs that we get from social media and from the TV and it takes a little bit to still that mind.
So we know breath sweeps mind.
So let's little do a little breath sweeps mind energy here and sweep that mind out of any clutter,
Any of those distractions and thoughts that have come in and are still having hangovers and shadows there within your mind.
Breathe in deeply.
Count to three and breathe out.
One,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six,
Seven.
Breathe into the count of four.
Hold your breath for three and breathe out doing a clearing breath,
Breathing out to the count of seven.
Breathe in the light and call in that still light of love and go to your crown chakra and feel that light enlightening your Lotus on the top of your crown chakra.
See that beautiful Lotus lit up right now.
Enlightened to receive that energy of light into your head and feel that light coming in and circling around your entire head.
Breathing in and seeing that light clearing the mind out,
Cleansing it,
Purifying your thoughts and breathe in again and allow the energy to come down into your throat and your neck and your shoulders.
Any tension,
Anything of tightness there,
Let it go.
Align your crown chakra with your third eye and your throat chakra and let that energy of that white light come down now into your heart chakra and breathe in that love light into your heart chakra and see there in your heart chakra a beautiful Lotus floating still right there in that pond of love within your heart of hearts.
See the beautiful colors of pink and green and that Lotus lit with the light of love.
Be filled with the love that's there in that Lotus within your heart.
Breathe it in,
Breathe it in,
Breathe it in and allow it to bring you the love that you need right now.
Dwell there in that beautiful pond with that Lotus in your heart,
Lit in a beautiful light,
A spotlight shining upon that beautiful Lotus right there,
Bringing out the colors of purple and pink and the colors of the pond and allow yourself to be inspired by that love light in your heart.
Breathe it in and let that light now shine down into the rest of your body and down to your other chakras aligned with your third and your second chakra and your root chakra sending that light down.
Breathing in and allowing that light to purify now and calling in the light to all of those energy centers until your entire chakras are balanced and aligned and full of energy and prana.
Feel that energy going up and down your spine aligning you and now send that light on down your thighs and down to your knees and to your calves and to your feet until you are alive in that light and the stillness and you are that Lotus now surrounded by the light,
The brightest light that extends out from your entire body with energy up to six feet and allow yourself to feel that you are floating in that still pond,
That still deep,
Deep pond.
Allow yourself to be energized with that power of the one light full of love and say to yourself be still.
Be still and know that I am God.
You are a living resource from that one light of God,
That one love of God,
That source of all power,
Prana and mana from all creation and in this place allow yourself to feel how your soul is there within that beautiful pond expressing itself so beautifully through you and your being.
Well here dwell in this perfect peace,
The still point of beauty and light being just being here right now in the eternal now.
Find the power of that presence right here in you now and allow yourself to be completely renewed by this energy.
Breathe it in and allow yourself to receive and perceive how beautiful this stillness truly is and if there's anything you need to heal let yourself now send that light from the one light of all to that spot that might need to have some energy.
If there's anything you need to release that's blocking you now you can allow that soul energy to do its work just through you completely allowing yourself to be the perfect expression of perfect peace for you are now in that place of peace and stillness and all is well.
All is well.
Breathe it in and slowly come back out of your meditation and completely absorb all this energy into every single cell,
Every atom,
Every organ being renewed and restored.
Breathe it in and slowly come back into your consciousness and be ever so grateful,
Ever so grateful that your very presence is full of this stillness and peace and that you are in tune with the highest energy.
Thank you God and so it is a mama a mama Ua Noa the prayer is freed.
Thank you so much for spending some time here in this beautiful place of stillness within.
God bless you always.
