Hiddenholding.com
Here is a brief sample of what you will find:
I no longer believe that what we're lacking is additional information, more learning, better thinking. While sometimes helpful, our tendency to seek “more” is often an attempt to side-step our deeper experience of absence.
Said simply: I'd gladly trade 1,000 books and 11,000 new ideas for a Daily Presence Practice (10-30 minutes), one that continually deepens my roots within hidden holding. Truth be told, I'd trade nine remarkable ideas for a single, tender breath (8 seconds).
So, how might this look?
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The blue line in the images above represents the breathing pattern shown in the last chapter, a restful, tender inhale and easy, restful exhale. (Approximately 4 counts on the in-breath and 4 counts on the out-breath; breathing into the belly, rather than into the chest. The emphasis is upon gentle breathing rather than deep breathing.)
The above image depicts our two-dimensional world, with the new option of breathing from the grounding resource of a hidden dimension (AND).
Breathing from this dimension into our Level One strategies and Level Two negative certainty is how transformation can happen.
Only this: tender breath ... tender breath
... tender breath.
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My original meditation teacher in the early 1970's, Allan Hunter, would say "Breathe and wait." He was essentially saying, "Don't be expecting something new or special when you're meditating. Don't go looking for profound experiences or new insights. Just be faithful to your daily practice and pay close attention through your day to the shifts and changes in your life.” Other than feeling calmer, accessing what we deeply need will likely not be a conscious experience during our time of meditation. Rather, it will show up in how our lives begin to transform: day by week by month by year.
Trust roots that move in dark soil. Blind, but not blindly.
