The guests were late, the baked dinner was overcooked and people were sandwiched in a small space that was warm from the oven and the eleven bodies, but cooler than the 35 degree 100 percent humidity outside. Non of this mattered. As I watched the chatter, the laughing, the banter, the joyful interactions, I realised this is what Christmas and family is all about. I was witnessing and loving the seven precious states that I had been learning about. Over the past 7 days I was getting up at 2-3am on workdays and even Christmas Day. Amazingly this did not interfere with my sleep or mood, in fact my very beingness, my state of mind improved.
Back to Christmas Day.
I was witnessing how love works. What love actually is. I was loving the connection. I was witnessing the acceptance of self and each other. I was loving and in love with life. Because of this I was able to "know thy self", radiate my calm and stillness. My faith was elevating me to trust the process unfolding and live in all the moments being created and unfolding. Allowing the 'All knowing" to be the presence of true direction. I stood in my kitchen and watched the unfolding. I could be quiet, still and centred with the noise, the heat and time ticking. All was ok and happening at the right pace. My non attachment took care of the clock the heat and the noise. All was ok. This was easy, there was no anxiety or stress, no pushing or making things happen - no hustle. I was meeting life on life's terms. I was being conscious as I lived with intent. This is devotion to my family and love for them. What I stand for, what resonates in me and radiates out of me.
Previously Christmas was a drag. There was violence, anger and fear when I was a child and as I grew my family, I had to do all the planning, the cooking, catering to all the dietary needs, cleaning the house, setting the table, cleaning up with very little help from anyone. Today I had help, I felt appreciated. I felt the love. I was happy to be getting the small things that people needed to make people comfortable. In fact I wanted to. I accepted assistance. People offering is an act of contribution. Who am I to say no to that? We only paid $2.70 for the whole days worth of electricity as the sun provided the power source for our solar panels. How generous of nature? And I can feel the generosity of being able to truely appreciate the gift given, that is all around us that I have taken for granted.
I am feeling, a day later like a receptor. I woke with that word in my mind. I did receive all 7 sacred states yesterday. They were experienced in mood, state and bodily. A deeper inner peace, an ease and flow, knowingness the divine order to life, a safety in myself. I was allowing myself to receive all that I deserve and have truely always wanted. Without having done those seven one our sessions, I would have thought "oh that was a great day". Having broken it down into the seven sacred states, living life with intention, love and purpose and having clarity to what that is and means, has made all the difference to me and living that day fully.