Hi all. The last 36 hours have been, well, awful. My self care Sunday I talked about the flu, well the flu put me in the hospital Thursday afternoon. I'm home now, upstairs in bed, or affectionately known as the 'tower' Right now my sacred space is a small lap desk with my computer and beside my are my books I'm going to delve into the next few days as I recoup.
Have you found your sacred space yet? Like I said before, this is a journey, not a race. It's also not a competition, so don't stress over it, and don't overthink it. When I started out on my journey to find my space I was comparing it to all the spaces I found on Pinterest... the perfect lighting, everything arranged just so, all the small statues and figurines. Then I had to take a look at the bigger picture, this is MY space, and not anyone else's. This is MY own spiritual journey and no one can take it for me, and I have my own design, my own sense of spirituality that I want to instill in my space's design. It's like that mountain top experience, no one can take it for you. It has to be yours.
This isn't a 'keeping up with the Jones'', this is a stress free and gentle journey. It's not who has the most candles and the fancy alter cloth, it's about what you put into it. It's between you and your higher power, or whatever you practice spiritually. I once met a lady in the program (AA) that proclaimed that her higher power was her typewriter, because there she was able to write out all that was in her heart, and the typewriter didn't judge her, and the typewriter was her release. It was her safe space. And that's ok.
Your sacred space is yours, and it can be anywhere, inside or out. I would love to have a large veranda to sit in a swing and just read and take in the sun and fresh air. I also love to take walks down by the river behind my home, just to pause and sit in the grass and listen to the rushing waters, and connect with nature.
Here is my book stack that I have in my sacred space below my desk, full of spiritual and creative guidance. From the likes of Bishop Beverly Shamana's 'Seeing in the Dark', and inspirational book about finding yourself spiritually through creativity to SARK's Bodacious Book of Succulence', a crazy book about finding you and embracing your amazing fabulous self. I will be mentally digesting all of these books in the next few weeks in preparation for Lent, which begins on Valentine's day. For those of you not familiar with the Christian practice of Lent, it is the forty days of self reflection before Easter Sunday representing the forty days that Jesus spent in the desert . During Lent Christians usually give up a habit, or even add a habit, like a new Bible study.
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