Thoughts with Love, A Series
There is a sweet balance that we seek in yoga, and in meditation too, I suppose.
The balance of holding on and letting go.
Holding space for the bitter moments, and the sweet.
When I left my dayjob recently, I looked out my kitchen window the morning of my last day, and held space.
For the sadness over the end of a chapter, the joy at the new beginning, the bittersweet relief of chasing my dreams. I shed a few tears, held myself in a dear love and let the emotion do what it does best: move.
This too shall pass.
I find a certain comfort in a stoic way of thinking. FitMind has a great article I pulled from for the below quote, and you can find a wealth of knowledge on The Daily Stoic.
You can simultaneously erase a lot of worries by letting go of what you can’t control, like reputation and wealth.
Everything is impermanent, in constant flux, and so trying to grasp onto something as a lasting source of happiness just creates suffering.
In some sense, Stoicism is a mindset based on a set of observations about how the mind (and world) works. The Stoics argued that: Your thoughts and beliefs create the world you inhabit, not external circumstances, so you ought to take responsibility for your mind.
FitMind on Stoicism
Meditation to me, isn’t about emptying the mind. Or complete silence and stillness in the brain.
To me it’s more like:
- simply being for a small moment in time.
- holding awareness of myself. giving myself time and attention like I would a loved one.
- witnessing my own emotion. letting it flow and move on and out. understanding myself better for it.
- checking in to my body, how am I treating it and how is it responding?
What is meditation to you? I’d love to hear from you in the comments below!
Wishing you an incredible weekend.
With Love,
Esta
with love , Esta 