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Bathtub Meditation

So, I have this humongous bathtub in my new home. And honestly, when I was looking for this place the thought literally passed through my mind, "Wouldn't it be nice to have a two person bathtub!?" (You know what I mean?) Well, be careful what you ask for because things are literally showing up fast these days.

Getting in this tub alone seemed daunting. It is BIG. Finally today, after four weeks of living here, I leaped over the side and got in. I relax so much in the water that I am able to tap into wisdom I cannot access in regular going-about-my-business kind of days. It is such an easy way for me to get in a meditative state. I really have to do this more often! 

I settled in and called upon my 'team' of helpers from the spiritual realms. I asked a few questions I have been wanting answers to. For one, I want to know the deeper meaning of the 72 Names of G-d that the Kabbalists identified as very powerful healing tools. These are not just new agey things, and I want to make sure I present them as such in the art pieces I am creating.

I got some cool advice. I felt the energy of the letters permeate my cells, soothing them like a salve in places I had healed through psychological and spiritual work over the years. Like positive alchemy.

So here I am, clean, a bit wiser and ready to start my day. This could get addicting.

 

Music of the Spheres

“You now what’s out there? A series of higher tones arranged by nature and governed by the physics of the whole universe. It’s an overtone. It’s an energy. It’s a wavelength and if you’re not riding it, great Lordy, you’ll never hear it.

“Where do you think it comes from, what I hear?”

“I think it comes from all around you. Really, I mean it comes through us, some of us. It’s invisible but I feel it.”

“So only some of us can hear it?” “Only some of us are listening.”

Wizard (Robin Williams) in conversation with 11 year old music prodigy August (Freddie Highmore) in the movie August Rush (2007)

For a rich description of the Pythagorean theory of music and wonderful scientific and cross-cultural descriptions music as a healing force see this article.

Natural Bridges

Ocean. Rock. Natural Bridges. California. Heaven on Earth. Peace.

An Infinite Smile

I didn't know I had it in me to write creatively. But given the prompt "an infinite smile" during SummerSongs, the songwriting camp I LOVED, I was able to let go of my self-judgment after awhile and see what wanted to show up on the page.

"Behind her infinite smile you can see the years of pain, struggle, release, forgiveness, deep compassion and now contentment that brought her to this moment. Her eyes with their permanent twinkle let you know that she's mastered the journey of life, at least for now.

Wisdom gathered in the hills of Tuscany, in the vineyards that were adjacent to the villa and from the intergenerational stories that she heard throughout her many years flood her mind as she sits still during these cold winter weeks in Leonardo's attic studio.

Mona Lisa wonders how she will scratch the itch on her nose so as not to disturb the master at work."

 

 

Ahhh. The Healing Energy of Aleph

Waiting to board my flight from Boston to Tampa I hear, “Your plane is delayed.” First it’s 15 minutes, then an hour. Mechanical difficulties we are told. “The plane’s not cancelled,” they say. I think, “Oh dear. I’ve been here before. Not cancelled yet but it could be after we wait around for hours.” Then the news. “Flight 445 for Tampa, we have found you another plane. We are ready to board at gate 50.” Wow. Well done Jet Blue.

Still, there is a fair amount of chaos and people worried about connections. I am very sensitive to energies, especially in crowded places like airports. I start to get edgy so I pull my Hebrew letters out of my bag and pick one.