Weekly MMM - Collection of Awareness

Mystical Musical Meditations in Jerusalem

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COLLECTION OF AWARENESSES PLEASURE Open up your inner sense of PLEASURE for everything that you encounter in your day to day living. Pleasure for your eyes, and your nose and your breath and for the sun that radiates upon your skin, pleasure for the thoughts that come in to your mind, always, incessantly, pleasure for the people that you see and meet and know and love, and don’t love sometimes. Pleasure for the many varied circumstances and situations that come to greet you today, pleasure for your uncertainty of how to deal with certain things, pleasure for the new gained clarity that comes to you suddenly, pleasure for the pain and pleasure, for the relief and pleasure for being alive. RESOURCES Open up an awareness of all the RESOURCES that are available right now for you, that are right under your nose, that are there for the taking. Allow yourself to recall and take pleasure in all resources you have, your books, your friends, your memories, your family members, your wellsprings of wisdom, your wellsprings of emotions, the unlimited resources that are available to you at all times, such as water, air, sun, sights, sounds, smells, tastes. Allow yourself to feel great satisfaction and wealth and richness in all of this overflowing abundance that is available to you at all times. PERFECT AS IS Open up an awareness of the fact that all that happens to you is PERFECT AS IS. All is sent from Above, from the One who sends only good, only the best of the best, even when it seems to be difficult, it is only the best. Allow yourself to see all that you encounter from within and from without as being Perfect As Is, just say over and over and over again, “perfect as is,” and allow yourself to experience how it is all perfect, even that which seems very imperfect for you. But, here and now, it is perfect, it is the best possible thing that can be. UNIQUE Open up an awareness that this moment’s experience you are experiencing tight now, with all that is packed into it, is absolutely UNIQUE. It is a moment that will never happen again, and never has happened before, and is an experience that is designed to happen to you and to no one else except you, an experience that contains lessons and Divine guidance and opportunities that await your response. Your response can impact your life for now and forever. OTHERS Open up in OTHERS as well, an awareness of the pleasure and resources that are available to them at all times and open up in them an awareness of how everything that happens to them and with them and inside of them is perfect as is. Share with them, and with yourself, how this moment’s experience right now and right here is an experience that is absolutely unique and never has been before and never will be again, a unique opportunity for them to tap into something that neither they nor anyone else is able to do. LOSS Open up an awareness inside of yourself of the losses that you have experienced in your life, losses of friends, of possessions, of character strengths that you once possessed and many other losses. First, be present with the pain and sadness of what you have lost. Take some time to grieve over each one of these losses. Give yourself enough time to be healing and beneficial and not harmful. Once you have processed these losses somewhat, now realize that all that Hashem has given to you, and then taken away from you, is just what you needed, just what the doctor ordered, the best possible thing for you. They occurred at the best possible time and place, in the best possible state of receptivity that you were capable of coping with. With this in mind, be grateful to Hashem for the gifts and opportunities that were given to you once upon a time, acknowledge that the fact that these losses are no longer with you is an indication that they are no longer what you need at this point in time for your ultimate wellbeing. Let go of them, let them be. Now focus all your attention on what is available to you now. Make the most of it. KERNEL OF LIFE Open up an awareness inside of yourself of the Kista D’Chayuta, the essential kernel of life. See how this kernel or seed, like all seeds that are planted in the ground, must first decompose, and only then sprout into a plant in its full glory. See how the brokenness in your life is the decomposition process which is necessary in order to reveal the essential kernel which gives rise to the new you, or at least to an aspect of newness in your life. Be present with the fact that all that exists is moving toward perfection, and that you as well, though you may not be able to understand how. Even though it often seems just the opposite, we are moving constantly toward becoming better, more perfect, healthy and full of wellbeing. Be present with this, as much as you are able, and watch how it all comes to pass constantly, and how your kernel of essence begins to blossom right in the midst of your brokenness. SEEING IN THE DARK Open up an awareness inside of yourself that any and every type of darkness and source of suffering that you suffer, as difficult as it may seem, is actually a blessing in disguise. The greater the darkness, the greater is the hidden light hidden inside of it. Though the experience may seem to you to be the worst possible situation, in truth it is the best possible situation. It is a situation sent to you from Above, from the Source of pure goodness, pure altruistic love. Things are sent to you in a customized and personalized way, in order to elicit from you your best and highest self, your most loving, caring, compassionate, rectified self. Be aware of what hidden potential this trial seeks to elicit from you. Be aware the purpose of all the suffering that you suffer, is to sensitize you to that same suffering that others suffer, to open up inside of yourself a deep sense of compassion, and even to open up inside of yourself the same unconditional love for others that Hashem has for you. No matter how far you have strayed and done wrong, you are still His beloved one, always. BODY AWARENESS Open up an awareness inside of yourself, an awareness or consciousness that engulfs you and your body in its involvement in all of your daily activities. Be totally aware and focused on your body when waking up, your body stretching into awakeness. Focus all your attention as if in a meditative state on your arms and legs and hands and arms, as you lean down to put on your shoe. Be totally aware and focused on the various parts of your body in the act of relieving yourself, as well as the act of washing yourself. Be aware of the cleansing and purifying and awakening sensations your body feels upon its contact with water. Focus all of your attention on all the different parts of your body that are experiencing the transition from the indoors to the outdoors, as you walk outside, the sun and warmth on your body and light in your eyes. Be totally aware and focused on your body in all the various activities of your day, as much as you are able. Utilize every awareness experience in your normal daily activities to wake up and exercise your body parts which are being focused upon. Be tremendously grateful for every single aspect of your body that is in working order and ask for a healing for all those parts that are in need. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF Open up an awareness inside of yourself that Hashem has been always giving you and continues to do so now and in the future. It’s an awareness of your unique vision and wisdom and know-how and genius and all else that you need to best meet the challenge of all that you encounter in life. Be aware of your intuition, instinct, inner voice and sense of knowing. Know that despite what anyone else may tell you about what they think is best for you, if you listen inside of yourself very carefully, you will know what is best for you. Be open to hear what others say and point out about you, especially those who truly care and who know in a deep way, and allow their insights to awaken inside of you those points that you deeply KNOW to be true. All these points that really resonate with you, all those things that you really need in order to fulfill and actualize yourself. When you must make a life-changing or life-impacting decision, go deep down, into that quiet knowing space, and with Hashem’s infused assistance, make your decision, and then let go. Feel trust and belief in yourself, in the knowing place that you have invoked. You have done your best, and you can rest assured that things will work out for the best. TOTAL CLARITY Open up an awareness inside of yourself, or consciousness of knowing that whatever idea or suggestion or direction in life that someone or some book presents to you, your truth and clarity of that idea, is accessible to you with just a bit of effort and probing. So dig for it and explore it, and come up with an understanding that is so clear that it rings true for you, no matter what angle you take to perceive this idea, no matter what difficulties or perplexities come up that attempt to blur your clarity, no matter what anyone says to the contrary. Try to see how others perceive this idea, especially those whose opinions are authoritative and very dependable, but don’t leave it at that. Re-examine their ideas again and again, until you are totally clear. Know that the way that you perceive something is valid and totally unique, and it is a product of all that you are and have ever experienced. So, trust your knowing and keep exploring deeper and deeper until you reach total clarity. Do this with respect and empathy and kindness for others in your learning sessions or simple discussions with them, and encourage them to get to their own total clarity, and when they do, share with each other and then express love and gratitude to them and to the One Above for being able share such a beautiful experience with each other. CREATIVE EXPRESSION Open up an awareness inside of yourself or consciousness of your power of expression, your power to convey all that you convey in a unique and beautiful way. See all that you express in the world to others and even to yourself, as being works of art, as your very own masterpieces. Open up yourself to receive this artistic inspiration from Above. Collect all these masterpieces at the end of the week, or day or month or year, and delight in them and share them with someone close to you who will appreciate them. Become an artist of living, an artist whose way of talking and writing and whose way of body language and whose way of singing and drawing and whose way of coping and perceiving and communicating and whose way of doing all of the manifold things that you do every day become works of art and masterpieces. Collect your masterpieces and celebrate them and see which ones are best or work best for you and for others and which ones stand the test of time, and which ones touch a chord so deep in a universal way, in everyone’s life experience, that you must share them with others. GENIUS COLLECTION Open up an awareness inside of yourself or consciousness of the fact that the world is a wondrous place, a place filled with precious gems. Not only physical gems, but spiritual gems of genius, other peoples’ genius that is accessible in everyone that you meet and every page of every book or article that you read, and every song or poem that you hear. Develop a sensitivity to identifying genius that is a spark or flash of insight that touches you and others to the core. This genius retains its vividness and relevance time after time without ever losing its impact, genius that fills up or completes something that is lacking in your life or in your very being. Become a connoisseur of genius, seeking it out in the ones and things that you love, and even the ones and things that you barely know. Collect genius and share it with others and get them to share their collections with you. Let all the genius that you collect be an overflowing source of rich joy to draw from for empowering and gladdening yourself and others whenever you or they are in need.