Overwhelm
OVERWHELM = to turn upside down; to bring to ruin; upset, overthrow, submerge
QUESTION: Are you overwhelmed with the world today?
Image: Heather Williams, H.W., M.
STORY: The world around us is overwhelming all of us with way too much knowledge and stupid information (political emails and texts, social media, advertisements on TV, media coverage of Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Artificial Intelligence taking over people’s jobs, new vaccines, the roll out of digital identity for everyone, central bank digital currency, cryptocurrency and lots more). Gurdjieff said that throughout history civilizations have fallen when “knowledge gets ahead of Being”. This is what seems to be happening today. Now, today, it is very important for each person to take a break from feeling overwhelmed and just step back and calmly meditate - reconnect with our BEING - our formless, changeless, Essential INNATE Self that is always within us. Many people know nothing about the world within us - our very BEING - our Innate Self which is formless and changeless. This one Minute Exercise can help: Stop. Relax the body. Breathe. Feel the Energy flowing through your body. Listen to your Heart offering guidance.
QUOTES
“You can’t calm the storm, so stop trying. What you can do is calm yourself. The storm will pass.” – Timber Hawkeye
‘Man has a limited biological capacity for change. When this capacity is overwhelmed, the capacity is in future shock.” ~ Alvin Toffler
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.” ~ Henry Ford
“At one point I thought life was about acquiring things. Life is totally about losing everything.” ~ Mike Tyson
EXERCISE
STOP.
Sit quietly. Assume an erect posture.
Sense the breath.
FEEL the center of yourself as here now calm and available.
Feel yourself listening to your Higher, Essential Innate Self which is constantly BEING.
Get your pen and paper and write words or draw lines expressing the guidance you receive.
Move forward into your day feeling guided by the Innate Beingness of your Essential Self.