How aware are you?
Guest post by Sheree Carbery, a flokkaBiz contributor (learn more about Sheree here)
A warm welcome to you who is reading this article, yes I am talking directly to you. Have you ever read something where you have said to yourself internally “gosh this really speaks to me”. Well, my intention is that within this article and the other writings that, something will jump off the page and speak to you so keep reading and see what inspiration or resonance can be created from these words that are on this page.
Have you even noticed how distracted you can get when you are trying to be present with something? Even as you read this, are your thoughts trailing you off to the next task, the next meeting, the phone call you have to make or what you are going to have for dinner? What if you were to simply STOP right now, put the pen or the cup of coffee down and just focus on these words, breaking the words down into letters, then noticing that what you are reading is simply a few black lines on a white page. Does your awareness allow you to experience it this way or are you frowning and wondering what on earth I am on about?
Okay, lets try again. STOP whatever you are doing even if it is completely focused on reading this article, take a breathe and be aware of where you are, are you working from home, are you reading this late at night after a busy day in the office, are you in the busy office wanting to sneak five minutes away to catch up on your Flokka reading. Where are you right now? What are you doing? In our busy lives as working women and/or working mothers we are so busy doing that we sometimes forgot to simply BE. Our awareness is quite often on what we have to get done rather than who we are being.
So right in this moment, could you just BE! What does this mean exactly, I hear you say that you don’t have time to just BE and I’m asking you do you have time for anything other than your work right now. Whether you are self employed or work for someone else, can you take a few moments out to honour yourself. Trust me, I know what it is like to have to meet deadlines, writing this article is one of them and amongst my busy day of emails, solo parenting, seeing clients and packing to move house I get how unaware of me I am right now. And yet as I tune in, I become aware of the excruciating pain in my ovaries as I menstruate and if I were to tune in a little deeper my body would be asking me to take a break and have a rest. Yes we trudge on don’t we, never mind the pain, I’ve got work to do. Well I’m here to bring a new light to our busy lives. Our awareness gets away from us so much that we go through the daily grind and get to the end of the day only to lay down in our beds knowing groundhog day is going to start again tomorrow.
So I’m going to begin by challenging you to take a look at how aware you are of you, how do you honour you and your time. How much do you give out to others, bosses, colleagues, family, friends, children! How aware are you of your own lack of awareness? Would you be willing just for the next couple of days to take a step back and become the observer of you, your communication, your interactions with others and your awareness of it all. What would life look like if you were more aware. What I find useful is that when I get to the end of my day, the work is done, the kids are in bed and I have some space to myself, I sit down in my comfortable chair and expand my awareness outside of my body, expand it outside of the room and take my awareness boundlessly behind me, vast in front, open to all sides, skylike above and ocean like below and just rest in the awareness that just is. See how this works for you, you may just find a silent space that can then be filled with the peace and joy that we sometimes forget is accessible. Have fun with it and I’ll see you next week.
All of life comes to me with Ease and Joy and Glory
Have a magic day
Sheree Carbery - The Butterfly Effect
