The trick is to Treat

Welcome to the art/life trail ride…we are well into the fall segment of the path and the tricks and treats abound.

For example…I had this post completely written and saved and as I hit the button to publish the entire post disappeared. I cannot find it. 

TRICK!!

The treat is that I am not willing to be thrown off my faithful steed and so I learn to trick ride as I go…

October is like that. We are wobbling out of the flat out dead heat of making it all happen (spring/summer) as we wobble into the let it be, what shall we see, thinning of the veil (fall/winter).

October is a time of opposites and extremes. We enter an energetic edge place.

It feels edgy and we play act it out.

Extremes like life/death, good/bad, right/wrong/ white hat/black hat, up/down, in/out…you add to the list…it’s endless the way the dual natures play out.

In October we can take the time, certainly here at the close of the moon/month, to focus on what we have experienced since April when the natural year began…the list may include physical, emotional and spiritual/intuitive experiences.

This is all for the filling of the art/life saddle bags with materials that will serve us well as we continue on the winding wending trail.

This week I also add in a practice that some may enjoy and find useful…

Metta Meditation

 is a traditional loving-kindness practice from Tibetan Buddhism.

There are four repetitions, or rounds, in Metta .The first verse honors the Self and is considered ‘wise selfish’. The second, third and fourth rounds sound just the same but are directed first to someone you love, second time to someone who is neutral…like a store clerk or passerby, the third, requiring courage, is to send Metta to an enemy…personal, global…something or someone who steals your balance.

METTA Meditation

May I be at peace.
May my heart remain open.
May I awaken to the light of my own true nature.
May I be healed.
May I be a source of healing for all beings.

second, third and fourth round repeats; once for a loved one, once for a neutral and once for a perceived enemy:

May you be at peace.
May your heart remain open.
May you awaken to the light of your own true nature.
May you be healed.
May you be a source of healing for all beings.

Perhaps you will find a sense of calm and quiet grow within as you practice Metta each day

 

Perhaps more your cuppa tea would be breathing in the scent of fall along with savoring the painted words of Mary Oliver

However you choose to wobble outta October, falling back in time and embracing a bit more of the night…I’m truly pleased that we’re on this art/life trail ride together…

 Has there been a trick or a treat happening in your neck o’ the woods? Leave a comment and share your experience …we learn together and it brings the fun back into being functional on the art/life trail.

I am a working Heartist with more than thirty years of practice in supporting the creative best in each of us to come forth and shine. Join the movement: make joy the vocation of your mind.

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