Day 6: The world is in me

by Sara S. Nichols, religious science practitioner (RScP)

I'm working through round 2 of Deepak Chopra's "synchrodestiny" daily meditations from The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence. There's a different meditation each of 7 days, and then you rinse and repeat as needed. Get the book to really follow along. There's so much in it that I'm not going to cover.

After meditating for 20 minutes using the "so hum" breathing technique (breath in through your nose thinking "so" and out through your nose thinking "hum") I focussed on today's principle: Shiva Shakti which means, I am not in the world, the world is in me.

I am both attracted and repelled by this notion. It comes at an odd time for me. Lately I have been working to pull back from the idea that I am responsible for the entire world. I have been focusing on establishing peace, harmony and prosperity in myself, so that I might share those gifts with others. But I don't think that Chopra's principle here is about taking responsibility for the world. It's more about knowing that everything I do and say affects everything else. It's about an awareness that I am connected to all I see.

A word about an aftershock I experienced from yesterday's Sutra regarding emotional freedom. I had a dream last night that I had this big physical ugly screaming fight with an old nemesis of mine and was running from him. I ran to escape his wrath and as I found my children and asked them to hide me, who should I run into but Don Perata (current leader of the California state Senate) whom I consider another problematic figure (long story which my children sum up with the phrase "she's persona non grata with Don Perata"). I woke up in terror with heart pounding.

As I was looking at the dream, I realized that perhaps what I was really fearing was my emotions about these guys (the guilt, fear, resentment) and not the men themselves. The truth is that once issuing the order to ban me from the office, Don Perata has probably not given me a second thought. I, however, have thought a lot about my banishment--I resent it. I think it's unfair. I don't deserve it.

This, my friends, is NOT emotional freedom. Thank you to my dreams for pointing out an area where I am still being chased.

If things are challenging today, here is a Sutra statement: imagine that you are both masculine and feminine, if you choose.

Day 6: I am giving birth to the gods and goddesses inside me

Day 6 Deepak Chopra's daily meditations on how to discover your "Synchrodestiny" out of his book, The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence.

After meditating for 20 minutes using the "so hum" breathing technique (breath in through your nose thinking "so" and out through your nose thinking "hum") I focussed on today's principle: Shiva-Shakti which means I am giving birth to the gods and goddesses inside me; they express all their attributes and powers through me

The basic concept on this one is that I embrace both the masculine and the feminine and all the faces of God and they can all express themselves through me.

If things are challenging today, here is a Sutra statement: Imagine that you are an enlightened being with infinite compassion.

Which is totally easy for me, as long as I have no interactions with anyone. Well, actually, then I'd feel guilty. It's impossible (but to be striven for!).