I like the concept of Rauhnachte. We have nothing like it in America. America seems to be overwhelmingly extrovert and the Christmas season is all sweeet and sugary and cuddly and fake. That is why I started listening to the "haunted" Christmas music of Tarja and others, several years ago.
It’s interesting you mentioned nothing in the sky moving, because a moment where I recently stepped out of time was in a moment of what felt like deep and profound gratitude for the energy of my fellow human I had just experienced earlier that day.
I was still feeling their presence on my walk in nature later that day as I peered up toward the sky. The way the clouds layered on top of one another was unlike anything I’d ever seen. It took my breath away. I started crying.
That period at Christmas is definitely a break from normal time.
I step out of time when I sit and breathe for a while every morning before I leave the house. And sometimes when I run. And when I meet my best friend IRL.
Because I am new to a lot of this, it seems foreign and a bit clumsy to me. But what I am encouraged by is the feeling that it is attainable, I just haven't given myself permission yet. I must say this though - every time that I read anything that you write, I read it all to the end. I love reading "Stay beautiful." It makes me smile.
I got that from something someone wrote on the wall of the 34th street subway station about ten years ago. I’ll have to find/send you the photo. It says “New York, Stay Beautiful.”
As for the experience of time stopping- it’s really something I think that happens when you open to being 100% here, in everything you are, with someone and everything they are. And you’re just here… in power. But it does take two people, openness, and a complete absence of fear.
I’ve had it in experiences alone with it as well, with the rhythm of life and noticing how it moves in divine order. (Wrote about it in my book, in the piece “Addendum.”)
thanks so much, my friend. It *is* an experience. It doesn't happen every time but I find I know it when I feel it. It's this other dimension of BEing.
I like the concept of Rauhnachte. We have nothing like it in America. America seems to be overwhelmingly extrovert and the Christmas season is all sweeet and sugary and cuddly and fake. That is why I started listening to the "haunted" Christmas music of Tarja and others, several years ago.
I’ll have to check out that music !
It’s interesting you mentioned nothing in the sky moving, because a moment where I recently stepped out of time was in a moment of what felt like deep and profound gratitude for the energy of my fellow human I had just experienced earlier that day.
I was still feeling their presence on my walk in nature later that day as I peered up toward the sky. The way the clouds layered on top of one another was unlike anything I’d ever seen. It took my breath away. I started crying.
Beautiful. Always, you are
That period at Christmas is definitely a break from normal time.
I step out of time when I sit and breathe for a while every morning before I leave the house. And sometimes when I run. And when I meet my best friend IRL.
So you feel me!? It’s definitely different …
Because I am new to a lot of this, it seems foreign and a bit clumsy to me. But what I am encouraged by is the feeling that it is attainable, I just haven't given myself permission yet. I must say this though - every time that I read anything that you write, I read it all to the end. I love reading "Stay beautiful." It makes me smile.
Aw. I’m glad to know!
I got that from something someone wrote on the wall of the 34th street subway station about ten years ago. I’ll have to find/send you the photo. It says “New York, Stay Beautiful.”
As for the experience of time stopping- it’s really something I think that happens when you open to being 100% here, in everything you are, with someone and everything they are. And you’re just here… in power. But it does take two people, openness, and a complete absence of fear.
I’ve had it in experiences alone with it as well, with the rhythm of life and noticing how it moves in divine order. (Wrote about it in my book, in the piece “Addendum.”)
Andee, your narrative about creating “a container that exists outside of time” is poetic and thought-provoking—another high-level piece.
thanks so much, my friend. It *is* an experience. It doesn't happen every time but I find I know it when I feel it. It's this other dimension of BEing.