A brand new day. In spite of a less than rewarding experience at the casa yesterday, i headed off on my morning walk to the casa at about 7:15. Going solo today. Walked right in and took a seat on the bench in the front row. I decided I wanted to be closer to the line of people filing by – keep me focused on sending them energy – what this place is all about.
Started off slowly but had little trouble concentrating today. I focused on gratitude and the things I wished for the people in line. I filled my heart with love and asked for healings for myself – predominately for my spirit and heart, not my body. My mind wandered off a few times, but I brought it back. I practiced breathing very deeply, which I was told to do my very first afternoon when I fell into the dream I wrote about. My head and upper body felt very energized and almost fizzy. I began smiling even more and rolled my neck around, like I usually do to stretch it out. I have a chronic problem with tightness from working at a computer and the car accident I was in 18 years ago. I don’t know exactly what I was doing, but the energy kept me at it and it felt so good when I was done. I am waiting to see if the one spot that gives me so much trouble is healed in a week or so.
I quieted down and directed my thought, love and energy at the next line. This was the revision line, so the session would be ending before too long. I kept at it, and suddenly, I felt a tingling in my third eye. It went on for some time and soon after it stopped, I felt like someone poured liquid light into my skull and it surrounded my brain. I felt very happy, loved and began to tear up. It was really wonderful. I am failing at describing exactly what happened, but this will have to do. The session ended peacefully with prayers and wishes for happiness and healing for everyone and thanking us for sitting in current which they considered to be charity work for those coming through; and as they say often, you have to give to receive.
I walked out so happy and in a dazed state (partly, too, because it only lasted 2 1/2 hours today!). I got in line for blessed soup, enjoyed it in the garden and then began walking back to the pousada. I noticed that it was taking a lot of effort to walk, I really felt like laying down. As I got closer to the pousada, I heard someone say “there you are.” Marina pulled up behind me on her bike. We chatted, but I told her I really didn’t want any distractions from my state of mind/being, so I finished walking back, wrote in my journal, then crashed for about an hour. Even in my dream, I was talking with someone, but kept falling over. I explained that I had just been meditating and couldn’t even sit up…..in my dream!
Woke up for lunch, then picked up at 2 by Marina for a trip to the waterfall. No one was there because it was time for the afternoon session at the Casa and we weren’t going. Had a peaceful, cleansing experience and watched more butterflies. Then headed to town for a bowl of acai and chatting. Hearing about her trip to Baba-ji’s ashram in northern India (familiar, perhaps, to anyone who has read “Autobiography of a Yogi”). The I bought her some earrings as a thank you for her care and guidance, then back to the Casa to pick up herbs for myself, Nikki and my sister-in-law’s friend Audrey.
One the way home, I got a tour of the house Marina is building. Packed up most of my suitcase, dinner and a chat with Tay. It’s hard to believe I leave tomorrow. It’s been so mellow and restful here (and tiring, too). My next goal is to incorporate some of that into my life (pun intended!).