The Promise of Change:
This post is dedicated to all my brothers and sisters around the world. By now you should realize that every problem that you are facing locally is not an isolated case but our entire planet is going through the same ordeal and is on the brink of a massive change.
Citizens from countries around the world are gathering together to ask for something that has been promised many a time before, “Change”
“My purpose is to create. In that process I find stillness and rhythm, my teacher and passion. With intention, I aim to share honesty and awakening; to celebrate this fantastic adventure; to inspire and be inspired. Each canvas takes me on a journey, and as my paintbrush follows, each time I am lead back to my center,” reads Autumn Skye Morrison’s views on her artwork.
Different visionary artists have their own unique ways of creating visionary masterpieces that transcend the visible realm of reality and journey into the encanted world of dreams, fantasy, psychedelic or spiritual art.
Autumn has a distinctly feminine style that captures the softer side of visionary art. She portrays elements of nature, life, sacred patterns, wisdom of ancient ones that glimmer like visions from the dream world.
Take a look at few of her visionary paintings –
“I begin with only seeds of composition, subject, or emotion. I go on a journey with each piece, and I am astonished and delighted with each step. I watch and listen, my hands following my heart. When the artwork is completed, I am able to step back, and, with fresh eyes I join the audience.”
Autumn lives and paints in her home North of Powell River, overlooking a sweeping expanse of ocean, islands, mountains, and sky. She considers herself among the blessed of the blessed, and lives each day in gratitude and joy of being able to share her art and inspiration.
“In this shifting and challenging Time, I feel a deep stirring, a potent blossoming of creativity. It is all around us, gaining momentum and strength; in our own lives, in those of our family and community, and in the collective experience. It is our divine duty to create and share inspiration, especially at this time of change. As we honor our own personal creativity, we contribute vitally to the whole.”
Through her art Autumn hopes to reflect the universal light, human essence and ancient divinity present within each one of us. “Each creation is an offering: a positive reflection of ourselves and humanity, a celebration of evolving consciousness, an opportunity for healing and deepening, a vision of a bright future and Now.”
Dimensional barriers of space and time are dissolved when we allow the light of transcendent art to penetrate us.
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“The goal of meditation isn’t to control your thoughts, it’s to stop letting them control you.” ~ Unknown
A human body has the capacity to heal itself, you only need to be consciously aware about the process and choose the right medium to heal. One of the healing medium used for centuries is meditation, a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness, either to realize some benefit or as an end in itself.
Meditation affects your psychological well-being by reducing stress, depression, anxiety, blood pressure, and addiction, boosting the immune system, and improving memory. But did you know that meditation can change our brain structure in powerful and positive ways!
We have always believed that brain essentially stopped changing after adulthood.
You have the capacity to heal the emotional dysfunctionality of your own brain. When you increase your awareness with mindfulness, you can transform your brain, create new circuits or change the way neurons talk to each other.
Whenever you engage in a particular behavior over and over again, it can lead to changes in your brain.
“Although the practice of meditation is associated with a sense of peacefulness and physical relaxation, practitioners have long claimed that meditation also provides cognitive and psychological benefits that persist throughout the day,” ~ Sara Lazar, instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School.
Here’s another video talking about the positive effects of meditation on the brain –
It’s fascinating to see the positive effects of meditation, just being ‘aware’ can lead to such changes in the brain structure also known as ‘plasticity’ of the brain. There are things people get wrong about meditation, once we are clear about that we can progress on this path of sel-realization. Here are 4 Meditations For Honouring And Releasing Chaos and a Meditation for a Positive Mind, or if sitting still is not what you enjoy doing, then practicing walking meditation can help too.
The kind of life we lead is solely in our hands and we have the power and capacity to control our destiny. Simply meditating for 30 minutes every day can change your life!
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References
Effects of Meditation on the Brain – Chinese Mindfulness Meditation study
Mandalas have been used in many ancient cultures like Buddhism, Hinduism, Native American, Australian Aboriginal as a symbol of the universe and wholeness.
Literally speaking, mandala is a geometrical form – a square or a circle – abstract and static, or a vivid image formed of objects and/or beings. It’s a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our connection with the infinite.
Interestingly, Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist, explored the psychological effects of mandalas, while studying Eastern religion.
He is credited with introducing the Eastern concept of the mandala to Western thought and believed its symbolic of the inner process by which individuals grow toward fulfilling their potential for wholeness.
According to Jung, “In such cases it is easy to see how the severe pattern imposed by a circular image of this kind compensates the disorder of the psychic state– namely through the construction of a central point to which everything is related, or by a concentric arrangement of the disordered multiplicity and of contradictory and irreconcilable elements. This is evidently an attempt at self-healing on the part of Nature, which does not spring from conscious reflection but from an instinctive impulse.”
Carl Jung used mandalas in his psychotherapy by having patients, who had no prior knowledge of them, create individual mandalas. This enabled him to identify emotional disorders and work towards wholeness in personality.
He realised there was a great deal of similarity in the images they created. “In view of the fact that all the mandalas shown here were new and uninfluenced products, we are driven to the conclusion that there must be a transconscious disposition in every individual which is able to produce the same or very similar symbols at all times and in all places.
Since this disposition is usually not a conscious possession of the individual I have called it the collective unconscious, and, as the basis of its symbolical products, I postulate the existence of primordial images, the archetypes.”
Mandala is like a design that triggers something within us, a sacred geometry in which we recognise our self and our place in the cosmos.
It is an ancient and fundamental relationship from which we have strayed and the mandala is the key that can help us return to it. Especially, when the inner self is challenged by the ego, harmony has to be restored.
During such times, mandalas can guide you to listen to the inner voice and find yourself.
Like Jung stated, “It became increasingly plain to me that the mandala is the center. It is the exponent of all paths. It is the path to the center, to individuation.”
A mandala can also be used to guide us into a hypnotic or a higher state of consciousness. With its aesthetically pleasing designs, an irritating thought will not be able to wiggle itself into the person’s consciousness as they are solely focused on the hypnotic beauty of the mandala’s designs.
Through this hypnotic state the person is able to reach a higher consciousness and a better understanding of themselves. Learn how to create mandalas to manifest your intentions.
This video is inspired by Carl Jung’s chapter: The Desert in the Red Book
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There is a resurgence of age-old concepts to keep up with the deteriorating, ever-changing environment – from using natural remedies, alternative healing, to yoga/meditation or even a simple act of walking barefoot on earth, known as ‘Grounding/ Earthing’.
Throughout time humans and even plants, animals, have always been in closer contact with the Earth, but unfortunately, the modern lifestyle has disconnected us from the Earth’s energy, making us more vulnerable to stress and illness.
Remember your childhood days when walking barefoot in the garden was refreshing and didn’t you love the feeling of tender grass/green blades caressing your skin. Now there is a scientific reason to why the contact with Mother Earth makes you feel good and how we desperately need it in present times.
We live in an environment where we are exposed to an ever-growing amount of electromagnetic fields (EMF), this increases the amount of free radicals being produced in our bodies. Free radicals are positively charged molecules which lead to inflammation.
Direct contact with earth instantly transfers natural electrical energy to the body, as the earth is a limitless source of negative-charged free electrons. (Our heart, brain, nervous system, muscles and immune system are all essentially electrical subsystems operating within a ‘bioelectrical’ body.)
When you are in direct contact with the ground (walking, sitting, or laying down on the earth’s surface), the flow of energy from the earth (free electrons) neutralises the impact of free radicals in our body. This induces favorable physiological changes that promote optimum health.
Traditionally shoes were made of leather, which actually conducts electrons and therefore maintains a conductive contact between the Earth and your feet. However modern day rubber and plastics are electrical insulators and therefore block the beneficial flow of electrons from the Earth to your body.
Earthing can be done by walking barefoot and/or sitting outside on the lawn, dirt, or sand. Earthing should be done for at least 60 minutes every day and for optimal benefits as much as you can in a day!
Dr. James Oschman, Ph.D. biophysicist and pioneer Earthing researcher, says, “The moment your foot touches the Earth…, your physiology changes. An immediate normalization begins. and an anti-inflammatory switch is turned on. People stay inflamed because they never connect to the Earth, the source of free electrons, which can neutralize the free radicals in the body that cause disease and cellular destruction.”
These are a couple of informative videos on the benefits of Grounding and why everyone needs to reconnect with Earth’s energy. The first one below shows Clint Ober, who discovered the benefits of Earthing, explaining more about it –
Isn’t it time for you to kick your shoes off and dirty your feet? What do you think?
For more studies/research on Earthing –
Research on benefits of Earthing on the human body
Research Paper on Earthing
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