Week 16 – Try this new kind of meditation and watch what happens!
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Love,
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(This week’s newsletter captured one of my favorite memories from last year – enjoy!)
The Music & Mother Meditation
I’m on a plane heading back to Boston after spending nearly two weeks in London.
A wonderful trip.
Such gracious and kind people.
So many laughs.
And reasonably good weather.
On Friday morning I set out for a long walk in the sunshine to visit different parts of London. As I walked through the rose gardens in Hyde Park heading towards Mayfair and Piccadilly, I plugged in my earphones to listen to music.
There was one song in particular I wanted to hear.
Flash back a few nights before, when I had the opportunity to attend an event held by one of my favorite writers, Hollie Holden. I’ve been reading Hollie’s blog for nearly a year and I love how she writes about her life both as a woman on a spiritual path and as a conscious parent to her two children. I find her unedited honesty and humor refreshing and I always catch something meaningful in her words.
Hollie hosts a monthly event just outside of London called Beautiful Soul Sessions where she gathers people together in a 17th Century church to listen to poetry and music, and to meditate and engage in deep conversation. When I heard about this event a month ago, I immediately put it on my calendar.
At the beginning of the session, she invited us to participate in a short meditation while she played a few favorite pieces of music. I fell in love with one song right away – a version of Steve Winwood’s Higher Love sung byJames Vincent McMorrow.
I’ll give you a link to the song in a moment, but let’s stay with the story first #x1F600;.
Eyes shut, deeply relaxed, I listened to this tender version of the song and by the end I wanted to download it immediately (and I did).
Okay, back to my walk through the streets of London.
Sunny day.
Lots of people out and about.
Earbuds firmly in ears.
I put on a continuous loop of Higher Love to create a spiritual state of mind and set off on my adventure. After listening to it four or five times, I remembered an exercise I learned from James Altucher, another favorite blogger of mine. Here’s what I did…
As Higher Love began again, I imagined myself as the mother of everyone I saw as I walked down the street. Each time I looked into the eyes of the men, women, and children who passed by, I did my best to see each person as my son or daughter.
Let’s call it my “Music and Mother Meditation.”
Within a minute or two I felt a deep, abiding love for everyone – young, old, big, small, men and women alike.
A couple walked by laughing and I felt happy that my children were happy.
A sad-looking girl stood by herself against the wall of a building and I wanted to go over and give her a hug. (I sent her comforting thoughts instead)
When an old man walked slowly by, I felt an overwhelming sense of compassion and respect for the history embedded in the lines of his face.
As I saw the world through maternal eyes, there was…
No judgment
No comparisons
No fear or loneliness
No disconnection whatsoever…
Just a sense of beautiful love enveloping my big human family.
While this exercise might sound a little strange, I’m telling you it was magic.
But don’t take my word for it. Try it yourself.
Download a version of the song here, find a crowd, imagine yourself as a mother and…
Feel the Higher Love…
This Week’s Video
This week’s video is funny but you have to watch it to the end. This cat is smart. Very smart. You can see it here.
