29/01/2020
First and foremost this is a well-being page, If you are seeking wellness but donโt feel Reiki is the path for you thatโs ok, start with your breathing and everyday awareness.
A stunning article by my beautiful friend Heather talking about every day living and being. Heather is a co author along with her Dad Robert of the book being Omni, a great companion to help you in your everyday living.
Have a read, grab a coffee and maybe read again ๐
Being Omni
two cups of coffee
an honest reflection of day-to-day living
today, my everyday magic was ever so simple.
i made some coffee for myself and jamie โ โrealโ coffee we call it and it always seems a treat. why? because we donโt have it often and it is a process โ there are stages involved: filling up the percolator, warming milk in the saucepan, hot water in the mugs to take the chill out of them. there are a few variables โ nothing is measured, it is random โ i guess the amount of water, slosh the milk in the pan. and yet, today, when i pour, it is exactly, and mean exactly, the right amount. no more, no less. two perfect cups of coffee.
why am i impressed with this? why does this raise a smile?
would it have worked out if i had tried to get it right?
no, it never does.
you know, when you pour something, think itโs enough, then always pour a tad more in and, when it comes to it, thatโs too muchโฆwell, that is the mind overriding a natural and in sync way of being โ ahhh should have left it, you will think, tip the wasted milk away and consider no more of itโฆ
these simple things, seemingly inconsequential occurrences, speak to me of flow.
no thinking โ just doing.
things just going right โ things working out โ life on many levels stops being a struggle.
stopping a film โ then next week or so โ fast forwarding and stopping in precisely the right place. uncanny? perhaps if it happens once. how do you feel? ooh thatโs cool โ you might think โ a bit perturbed โ itโs unusual โ strange or mysterious โ there is no mystery here!
driving down country lanes โ no chance of really knowing when cars are coming the other way โ on many occasions, i have this very clear information โ car coming โ it forms as the clearest detail in my head โ i slow down a bit, have a chance to pull more left, and sure enough, a car zooms around the corner.
catching things that Iโve knocked over or fall out of a cupboard without looking.
putting my hand on a particular thing i am seeking in my bag, in amongst all the clutter, without looking.
cooking food just tasty-right.
the lights being green (without asking).
each and every one of these little things, raise a smile in acknowledgement.
so, please - donโt disregard the small magics when they happen for you โ see them, feel them โ recognise them.
itโs like the world smiles back โ and nods โ yep, it says, this is just the start!
and an awareness happens.
of course, this does not happen all the time but it is happening more and more. the times when I am busy in my head, itโs the opposite - i drop things, iโm late, i canโt find things, the dinner gets overcooked, the lights are red โ itโs like going against the grainโฆ
the contrast, the difference is very clear โ from there to here โ so is the choice.
that is why the breathing is just the start โ that is why it is not just a breathing step. it has the ability to help you step out of your mind โ create space โ less thinking / less thoughts. this is really, really good for the mind too. itโs bored senseless going over the same synapse patterns, looping over and over again โ nothing new, nothing different โ just deeper and deeper ingrained patterns โ fixed ways of living.
these small pieces of every day magic are absolutely about being in sync and flow.
just scale this up a minute because it happens with the big stuff too.
my new job, for instance, happened in the space of three days. i sent an email. got a call back within the hour. next day had signed up, day after was called to a school, references done by busy people late Friday afternoon, a police check that โusuallyโ takes seven to ten days to clear happened in two, and offered a job that fitted in exactly with the time and space I was willing to dedicate โ no more, no less.
there is something more here we can each experience for ourselves โ something that proves to you your connections, what it means to feel part of the world again, that we are more than just a physical body, that we are more than our restricted thinking patterns and comfort zones and boxes. we are more that we have led ourselves to believe โ and that is really exciting, wouldnโt you agree?
Heather Nadine Light
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enjoy your everyday moments friends, may they be magic for you ###
