The last couple of days I’ve had this loud noise in my ears. Some would call it a ringing. Others might call it a buzzing or even whooshing. I call it annoying! Until I read a possible cause other than the medical tinnitus last night. It had been extremely loud yesterday and the only way I could drown it out was to find something louder to have going like the TV. As I climbed into bed last night I thought, “I wonder if there is some spiritual connection listed somewhere to this?” Now get this LOUD AND CLEAR!!! I DO NOT believe that every physical symptom is a result of some spiritual illness. One of my favourite authors is Louise Hay, but I do not accept her believe that every cold, ache, sneeze, pimple has a spiritual connection that needs to be fixed. I do believe that many illnesses can be thusly connected and that the healings she suggests may work.
I have spent many years in the Christian church where everything I did seemed to be wrong and thus attached to a spiritual beginning or outcome. I felt shame and guilt piled upon guilt and shame. This is not how God, Goddess, Spirit, Universe, whatever you call him, her wants us to live. That is not life abundant, as Jesus spoke of. That is life in shame and guilt and paranoia. The same can be found in almost every church religion, philosophy or opinion on earth. So I’m not pinning it only on Christians. I’m pinning it on everyone. I ask, “Why can’t it just BE?” I got a cold because I got a cold! So what? I’ll get over it quicker if I set to taking care of myself rather than beating myself up for not doing something that could have prevented it. And maybe I could have prevented it. But now I must focus on wellness, not the illness! Gosh!!!
So back to my original question last night. What I found was that this ringing in the ear could be connected to the Ohm or Spirit’s Call or the like. There are many sites dedicated to it. Just Google it. It is said that perhaps the Spirit’s calling to listen. Wow! I’d never even considered that. Could Spirit be trying to communicate with me? Have I been as open as I could have been? Could the ringing just be ringing or the rushing of blood through my body? Who knows. But it fit with today’s blog.
Sometimes we spend so much time in our noise polluted world of TV, iPhone, iPod, iPad, iNoise, music filled workplaces, cars, etc, that we aren’t even conscious that the noise has cut us off from the planet, the universe, the Spirit of our Creator. Even now at 7 am as I type this I have the furnace blowing in the background. I actually cannot hear the buzzing in my ears because of it.
When was the last time I practiced the Presence to find peace? When did I last take a walk along the trail and just listen to the planet in all it’s wonder and splendour? When did I last sit out under the awning and listen to the rain, or sleep with my window open enjoying the same? When did I just STOP?! BREATHE IN?! BREATHE OUT?! Again and again…just to listen.
I remember last year when my son, Tim and I went to Hawaii. I had many of those moments. Moments on the ship getting there. Just being quiet and listening to the hum of the engine. Or at night when everyone slept and the engines stopped while we drifted or were at port. Or, especially in Hawaii, itself, where I’ve never felt so close to the planet in my life. I thought the year previous as I was in the Maya was amazing and it was. But Hawaii was different, peaceful, healing. Even in Pearl Harbour where I expected to feel a storm of painful energy there was peace. There was almost an dis-quietening peace. Those are the moments I crave. And last night I realized that even in my meditative moments, I have missed.
MY TRUTH: I crave the peaceful presence. I not only crave it; I need it! Because it is in these moments that the voice of my Creator can be heard. Sometimes that voice is just a whoosh. Sometimes it has been an audible word or words. Sometimes it is just a sense that all is well in the world and my world. Whatever, whenever, however, I know I must get back to practice the Presence: Practice Peace. What about you?
Reference To Ponder: I Kings 19. It is the story of the prophet Elijah looking for YHWH (God) in the noise and show of life. But it was in the quiet that Elijah was actually overwhelmed by the presence. If you don’t have a Bible, here’s a link.
Practice The Presence: Practice Peace
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