Our Mindful Nature: Meditation Inspired by Nature to Soothe the Overwhelmed Mind and Ease Anxiety Lying on the Forest Floor {part 2}
From Humus to Human Being
Today’s talk is an exploration of what it is to be human. To be earth come to consciousness. In many languages, cultures and depth practices, there is a word or phrase that means something along the lines of “I am that I am”.
In Sanskrit, So Ham means “I am that I am”. In Hebrew, Hineni means “I am here”. These words & phrases point to something vast and boundless. Something bigger than just ‘me’. These words, phrases and ideas are pointing to something that is easily overlooked by the brilliance of our own minds.
Our minds tend to create a little movie that stars me and only me. We get so caught up in this unfolding drama that we miss the simplistic beauty of BEING. Here I am. I am that I am.
It can feel like we are our minds. Our thoughts. But our mind actually has a multiplicity of layers.
Our minds are capable of comprehending:
- The object of cognition: I think a thought.
- The process of cognition: I witness the thought as a happening inside my mind.
- Itself as the cognizant force: I am able to understand that the mind is having this thought as part of but not entirely of my being.
Who is this “cognizant force”?
Who is here?
Who is that?
When we lie on the forest floor, we allow ourselves to take up MORE space than we usually do. We are more than a single thought. Or a single brain. We are the whole forest. The boundless ocean. Join me for today’s episode of The Mindful Minute as we discuss and then practice a 20-minute guided meditation.
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