Listen
Our focus this week — Dec 17-23: “Meditation”
Today’s MotD: Listen. Essentially we’re encouraged to stop talking (thinking) and just listen…preferably with an open heart and mind. To those of us with talkative minds (often called a monkey mind), it behooves us to focus and just listen WITHOUT engaging with the monkey mind (MM) thoughts. If we have to, use the word “listen” as a mantra to override the MM.
So what are we listening to ? Nothing and yet within the nothingness a different kind of “thought” will appear. For me, it comes in soft. It usually feels like it’s coming from behind and a little to the left.
And it usually comes like an imperative statement: turn left, take your umbrella, call so-and-so, or check your emails. My MM (ego) thoughts usually start with “I” or “You” as in: you need to go to the store, or I have to empty the dishwasher, or we’re supposed to go to the movies tomorrow night.
Often times I’ll see a flash of a visual in my mind especially if I’ve been struggling with a particular issue or problem. These usually happen while in the shower…something about the water. It’s the type of visual that I instantly recognize as a solution. I love when they show up because they are usually more clear for me than words.
Using listening as a focus for meditation is one way to invoke stillness while also opening a channel for higher thoughts to be received. Just so you know, we’re always getting higher thoughts but because we usually let our MM be in charge, it’s challenging to pick out the message through the MM noise.
How about you ? If you struggle with meditating or trying to quiet the mind, are you open to trying it from a different perspective: to just listen without engaging ? Are you able to tell the difference between your monkey mind thoughts and thoughts that seem to come from a higher place ? Can you listen with an open mind and an open heart ?
BTW…Here’s the before…the front and back view of today’s puzzle piece and the pretty ceramic box that holds all my numbers from which I randomly choose each day’s puzzle piece number:
Peace & Blessings,
Maureen
The Mandala Lady
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ABOUT THE 2025 Mandalas of the Day
Throughout the year, I’ll be building one large (48”x48”) Tibetan-styled Mandala one piece at a time…one puzzle piece at a time, that is. The mandala design and the reversed puzzle side were printed on artist-quality watercolor paper. The forward facing puzzle side was printed on a 48”x48” wood panel.
Each day, at random, I’ll be painting in watercolors one of the 365 watercolor puzzle pieces, that by the end of the year will become Archangel Mandala #4. Read more about the Archangel Series. The word/message for each piece will be inspired by Melody Beattie’s book “52 Weeks of Conscious Contact”.
Ultimately, the message of this mandala is about how we are all uniquely part of the one.
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