Contemplative Spiritual Practices: Are You a Contemplative?

To be a contemplative is to treasure solitude and not be lonely.  To see things others don’t understand, to hear, and to feel what others find difficult to sense. A contemplative is often misunderstood. Being a contemplative is not a career path, but it is a calling. - Ardis Mayo, The Reflective Pen

I think of myself as a contemplative & an everyday mystic. But I find that stress and depression and anxiety all challenge me to stay connected to this part of who I am, They also make it harder to accept the other sides of the coin, like my tendency to worry and ruminate.

if you are a healer who is contemplative, not only is it important to accept yourself just as you are, it is likely that being contemplative is who & how you came here to be. I don't know who else needs to here this today, but I definitely needed the reminder.
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How did it feel to experience that walk with her, as you watched the video? Did her description of herself as contemplative resonate with you?

Only the contemplative mind can bring forward the new consciousness that is needed to awaken a more loving, just, and sustainable world. Contemplative practice gradually rewires our brains to perceive and respond to reality with love. - CAC.com

How to Create a More
​Contemplative Lifestyle

​Here are several links to articles you can read that will help you nurture and support yourself as a contemplative...

contemplative practices
sound meditation to try
tree of contemplative practices (below)
labyrinth meditation (at 4:08 - video below)

See you next time!

Love, Jeanine
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CMind. (2021). The Tree of Contemplative Practices [Illustration]. The Center for Contemplative Mind
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