It's snowing in Seattle

I'ts snowing in Seattle this morning. It happens on occassion.

And then we shut down the schools and everybody is happy.

In Consideration of World Peace

I am not and never have been an entrant to any known or unknown beauty pagent. So it is not in my area of expertise to express my supreme wish that we achieve world peace. However, I am not going to let this stop me from expressing this wish.

Today's post comes about as I've been thinking about the joys of "guided meditation". I mean really, it is so cool to have someone speaking gently modulated into your ear. They say wonderful things such as, "Relax" and "Go high above yourself, leave yourself behind". Now I'm sure the last one can be a little unnerving if you have any kind separation anxieties. Regardless, I had a particularly inspiring guided meditation this month that I want to remember. It was a Sharing Your Personal World Peace Meditation (my title, not theirs).

Thing is, that is what the meditation was. It was a guided, imaginative, walk-through of what sharing world peace can feel like.

This is an Oprah and Chopra Meditation. I'm sure you can find it at

In any case - the meditation requests that as you relax with your eyes closed imagine a light eminating from yourself, a brilliant gleaming white light just pushing its clear radiancy from you. Then take this light, hold it in your hands. Know with the depths of your true self that this light, that you now hold in your hands, is world peace. Know that it is truly world peace. Now turn to the soul that is to your left and give to this soul next to you, give them world peace. And as you give them this light, this world peace feel them accept this gift from you. Feel their acceptance and joy in receiving your gift. Enjoy these feelings.

And then, still relaxed and in meditation, turn to your right and accept the brilliant beautiful gift that the soul next to you is giving you. Accept the world peace that is being gifted, given, handed to you. Feel the beauty of this gift. Send your own acceptance and joy in receiving this gift to the soul on your right that has gifted you.

I noticed that as I was in meditation I found myself 'looking up' at the throng of individual souls - as far as I could 'see' - passing glimmering, sparkling beneficient white light among themselves. It was astounding that so many souls were sending out and accepting in this stunning display of world peace.

I love guided meditation. Maybe that is why I like books so much.

The Meditations are Done

The meditations are done and the results seem to be a particular longing to be working on last year's NaNoWriMo submission and to get a car that allows me the peace of mind to see my friends. My current $100 car, though absolutely grand and running now for over a year and a half, is not a car that instills peace of mind. I am sure that the next time I drive it it will break down. And if not that time, then the next. It's been like this for a year and a half. Maybe I should stop baby-ing the car and drive it as if it has another 18 years of life in it. It's only a 23 years old car. I do wonder that I can get parts for it.

The Challenge Winds Down

The Miraculous Relationships Mediation Challenge is winding down. Tomorrow is the last day. I'll be sorry to hear it end. I may not have blogged about each day, as I had intended. But I certainly participated. It was a nice challenge. I love meditations, prayers, quiet/stillness each day. It still has the feel of luxury. I imagine tomorrow's guided meditation will tell each of us what a great job we've done, how miraculous it is to have taken these steps to better our lives, yadd, yadda, yadda. And yes to all that, and thank you. the guided mediation will also touch on keeping up this new habit, now that we've been at it for 21 days. Let's see, what else...if it were smart it would tell us to review the journal entries that we each wrote describing what we wanted from this challenge. From here I remember wanting to feel the freedom and the motivation to write. To me that IS a relationship, an healthy one. I may have to meditate on this yet some more. hahaha

Challenge of Travel

As challenging as it is to meditate at home every day, meditating on the road is a difficulty of it's own. We are in Oregon near the Columbia River for Salmon Fishing this week. It has brought its own pleasures. Walking through the campground roads this morning I found a small bridge over a dry creek in the back nine. The bridge lead to a narrow path between trees and ferns and general underbrush. It is idyllic. And yet, this is the Great NorthWet. That means it was drizzling, and has been drizzling since we got here at 2 a.m. The world here is wet. I meditated standing today. I will gladly meditate standing again tomorrow.

In the meantime I would like to say thank you. Thank you to every one I have ever known, in person, over the Internet, on the phone, by mail. Everyone has brought me something. Some people came in packages with lousy gift wrapping. But as I remove the wrapping each one is a gift. Sending love, Sarah