Contemplating the Mysteries

Photo credit – Circe Hamilton

Four weeks ago, compelled by a sense of the discoverable, I placed myself on an inner journey. I did not know the destination, but I did set an intention of the inner space I wished to traverse. Four weeks – from one new moon to another – seemed a perfect slice of time; in fact it became an elongated and expanded experience of time.

There is a beautiful art to observing our inner senses which relies on both surrender and alertness. It’s a stance I love, akin to that of contemplation – and is subtly different to channelling. When channelling, I rest down within myself to create an anchor to receive the information, whereas with contemplation, I suspend my senses in observation, connected through the thread which runs from my soul, or higher self, down into my physical self – and into the ground.

My reason for maintaining a practice of contemplation and mystical connection is not so much to ‘calm the mind’ in order to manage this life and world we collectively live in (though this is often the necessary first step for many of us), but to contemplate the thread running through all things. To ensure I am in alignment and to open myself toward the inner adventures and possibilities of feeling, expansion and beauty … and so, the inner landscape is travelled.

Contemplation relies on the intricacies of the psyche, so to begin with ourself is a very good place to start. Slowly, and gently. Outside of time and in a place of comfort. And then we can expand it upwards and outwards. If we do not resonate with connecting to our ‘soul’ as our higher self, a ‘sense of the mysterious or magical’ can guide us just as well. Allow the contemplation to have no barriers or bounds, but a clear thread which is anchored into the human self. Choose a body part to begin from and then expand it ‘up’. From here, with detachment and an opening heart, we observe and notice what we notice. The soul becomes able to ‘download’ to our human spirit a well of information and subtle guidance. Perhaps when you are asleep, as you have now given it permission to do so. It might be so subtle you don’t notice it, but after four weeks, space has been travelled, often in depth rather than ‘distance’.

As we maintain this connection, life lightens and rearranges itself around and through us. We become increasingly suspended and held by the thread, present to what is and the moment, as the destination hints at revelation in the mystery.

So, with the next new moon on the 2nd October, (2024) you may like to take yourself on a journey. I recommend it :)

Love,

Delilah

1 Oct 2024