How do you be?
I’m sitting here in my little office, trying not to stare out the window at the lovely trees across the way.
Oh - there I go again …
Good job I can apply my laser-like relaxed focus - IF I wished to apply it, that is.
Laser-like relaxed focus?
You got me - complete awareness on the thing, but without effort.
Spacious and relaxed, but absolute.
Let’s apply it now.
You feeling it?
Excellent. Me too. Let's go!
The half step back -
Robbie and I were talking about it the other day -
And how useful it is.
A brilliant concept is the half step back.
Wait! Before you jump back -
It's not a physical thing, no, not at all -
More of an attitude, I guess you could say …
A sense of perspective, a touch of distance from your life.
A smidgeon of witnessing too, some mind space.
See - when you’re too close,
When you’re mega involved in something,
Everything else goes out the window.
That can be a wonderful sensation - like in a state of flow or being in the Zone, when you’re completely absorbed …
But so often for people it’s more SO involved they don’t have a sense of perspective,
When you’re like this you forget what the whole point of life is.
You’re too easily made wobble by things that go unexpectedly.
Sense of humour is out the window quicker than a dog sneaking a tasty morsel from the kitchen bench ...
Or quicker than a bubsy grabbing something she shouldn't really put in her mouth just as you turn your back for a single second ...
Like for me today - drove to town, a quick trip I thought …
2 hours later … you know that story right?
Every Sunday driver is out, and as I write, it’s not even Sunday!
What ARE they doing driving on their non-allocated day?
A half step back is choosing to have the insight when you’re starting to fight and get stressed -
And how actually that is counterproductive to you.
So instead with the half step back,
You’re able to accept, be fluid with what’s happening, and most of all keep your calm about you.
Keeping of your wits about you too … (love that saying).
An eyes closed practice of meditation, such as the Ishayas’ Ascension, works wonders for maintaining the half step back.
However - with your eyes open?
Well Ascension has you covered too.
If you don’t know how (yet) - you can still choose to "engage" the half step back,
Just apply it when you remember.
Let getting stressed be a good sign … a reminder -
“Oh yeah, that’s right - I don’t need to be stressed … I have an option … half step back … breathe …”
Might just save your sanity.
It did mine.
If you want to know more about how to get that?
Here's a free thing for you:
https://arjunaishaya.lpages.co/houradaymindful/
Let me know how you go - I’d love to hear.
Go well!
Arjuna
PS.
Here's that link again, if you'd like more half-step backness in your life.
Which is code for an end to stress and mucho happiness and laser-like relaxed focus: