Human beings, like all primates, are social animals. We languish without company. That is the easy answer. Now, what about those times when we are lonely in the midst of a crowd or surrounded by friends and family? The answer lies within us. We seek fulfillment. We are hollow inside. We expect that others can fill this emptiness for us. This is not the case. That emptiness must be filled with something else. Not drink, drugs, excitement or pleasure. No. Only a spiritual life can fill it. When we live our lives in the spirit we live for others. Then we will never be lonely again.
sorry to anyone i ever speak to ever because all i say is “oh my god” “same” “incredible” and “im sorry” and i literally cant go ten minutes without complaining
i want to be really healthy and drink green tea and go to bed early and study really hard and get my life in order but then again i kinda don’t care about anything and i just want to drink coffee all the time and ignore sleep and study whenever i feel like it and let myself fall apart twice a week
A Druid meditation inspired by the Tree of Life, this one is a particular favorite of mine. By doing this meditation you transform your body into a tree with branches reaching high into the Sky and roots reaching deep within the Earth. Your spirit connects and acts as a conduit between the two powers, enabling you to pull energy both down and up so that it can swirl within the core of your body before exiting. You become a continuous circuit of strong universal energy. This is an excellent meditation for grounding, drawing in energy at the beginning of a ritual and releasing it at the end, as well as for when you are feeling spiritually sluggish and in need of an energy “oil change.” It can be performed indoors, but outdoors is better; and can be done sitting on the ground, but standing is better. The idea is to link as purely as possible with the Earth beneath your feet (barefoot in grass/dirt is awesome!)and the Sky at your fingertips.
Here is a guided Two Powers Meditation that can be memorized, read aloud to a group, or prerecorded for solitary use before and after a ritual.
Feel free to take liberties with the wording, add in seasonal imagery, or recreate it for other meditative uses. It is very versatile.
To Draw In Energy
Close your eyes and find that quiet space.
Breathe deeply.
Listen to the sounds of the world around you.
Listen to the sounds of the Earth as it comes to life.
Now, reach deep down into the Earth.
Let your legs and your feet become roots, seeking the quiet dark waters beneath the Earth,
and then draw the waters up through those roots into the center of your being, into your trunk.
With the energy of the Earth flowing into you, look now with your inner vision to the Sky and the cool energy of the stars.
Draw that energy down into you as you lift your arms, your branches, toward the Sky.
As the energies from the Sky fill your branches, direct them to your trunk, to the center of your being,
there to mingle with the energies from the Earth, creating in you a conduit between the Earth and the Sky.
As the energy circulates through your body let it move out and surround you.
Feel it mixing and moving around your body, filling the sacred space.
Open your eyes and be at peace.
To Release Energy
Once again, close your eyes.
Using your inner vision, look at the sacred space filled with bright swirls of energies –
energies that have come from above and below and from within you.
Take the energy from the Sky and bring it back into yourself.
Now, release the energy back where it came from into the sky.
As the energy leaves your being, keep what you need and let the rest go.
Now as you look around, you see that the energy of the Earth is still swirling around you.
Take the energy into yourself and start transferring it back into the Earth.
Allow the energy to flow back to where it came from, keeping as much as you need for yourself.
Allow your body to be energized by the forces that have gone through you.
