“Like a caring mother holding and guarding the life of her only child, so with a boundless heart of lovingkindness, hold yourself and all beings as your beloved children.”
~ Gautama Buddha
Hello, Lovelies.
I awoke despairing yesterday. My usual morning meditation did not lift my mood. I am in Hong Kong, at the start of a much-needed vacation, but my mind has been elsewhere. A dear friend’s home has burned to the ground back in Australia, and his family lost two of their beloved animals. I am heartbroken and anxious about the bushfires and the loss of homes, lives, habitat and the destruction we are witnessing as climate change bites hard. Our farm is in drought, and on high alert for bushfires too.
My inbox is flooded with messages from my students, clients and community who are struggling.
Sometimes my heart feels like it cannot hold any more space for all of this trauma.
At times like this I know what is needed. More meditation.
When I can do nothing else, I can still meditate. I can still use lovingkindness practice for myself and for all of you, and for the wider world too.
Metta Meditation is a Buddhist practice that is an essential part of my ‘coping toolkit’.
So, yesterday I spent almost the whole day in meditation at a local Buddhist temple here in Hong Kong.
I lit incense for you. I prayed for you. I meditated for you.
And by day’s end I felt better. I felt calm. I felt knitted back together. I knew that I could continue. I had found my compassion and optimism again.
More than that, a group of Buddhist women healers offered to give me a Tibetan Singing Bowl sound healing , after my long meditation session. It was a wonderful gift of kindness that I was grateful to receive.
I want you to know that I am always with you, and that you are ever in my thoughts, prayers and meditations, that I wish you well, that I send you love.
Here is a simple version of the Metta meditation I used:
May you dwell in safety.
May you be happy and healthy.
May you be free from afflictions and suffering.
May you feel your connection to all things. May you be at peace.
Holding you in love, Nicole xx
Review 2019 And Make 2020 A Powerful Year Of Growth
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I’d like to extend an invitation to you to come join me inside my free online community. I’ve recently created a private Facebook group so we can come together to share our spiritual journey, and where I can better support you to grow your intuitive abilities and begin to feel more comfortable with managing yourself and thriving as a sensitive, empathic, intuitive or psychic soul. There are free online study units you can access, and regular live on-line events. I’m also planning some big group meditations and Lightworker activities for you to join in with, if it feels right for you.
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It’s only a new group, but already we have a wonderful sense of community and support. I know you’ll fit right in.
Adrift and frustrated, but knowing there is an anchor.
You are appreciated. I think of you so often and wish I had the courage to step away from what I know into what I might need. No matter, it will happen eventually.
Bless you, Nicole, for all you are and give.
Thank you Nicole I feel so blessed finding you through a new dear friend more than 7 years ago a gifted teacher, & wordsmith blessings always 💕🙏
Thank you Nicole. You, your loved ones, your farms, your country are in my thoughts. You give so much. I am so grateful for the sound healing you received. They are amazing. From my heart to yours♥️
Dear Nicole ~ I used to have Tibetan Sound Therapy given to me by a very dear friend when I lived in Johannesburg, South Africa (I still live in SA but in a smaller town now). It was the most wonderful therapy. I miss both my dear late friend and his TST enormously. I’m so glad to hear that a session helped you. I can only imagine the heartache & worry that you’re currently enduring. Please know that Australia & its inhabitants, including yourself and your precious farm & animals, remain in my prayers. God bless Australia. Blessed be, Dear Nicole. Thank you for You xx