Another Reason to Dance
Hi All,
I’ve been reading a lot of interesting new philosophies that have been changing my experience of what it means to be human, and how to nourish myself so I can engage with life better. Neuroscience is giving us the most amazing clues to our full magnificance.
The biggest change, for me right now, is a shift in focus from training the little mind to nourishing the big mind — and even a switch on which is which!
Neuroscientists study the mind… like the actual greymatter, physical mind. They say we are over 90% “unconscious” mind, with a small 10% or less of what we would call conscious. All of our education, and most of our spirituality focuses on this thing we call the conscious, but it’s the subconscious that dictates almost everything we do and believe.
I started wondering, “What if I switched my focus to the other way around?” What would happen if I started seeing my actual water-and-flesh mind as the most important part of my “self”… what would that be like? Would it be useful? Would it be cool? Would it be easy, or hard?
Turns out it’s really easy, and it’s very cool.
My first experience was of oneness. I found that in imagining my “self, (the main part of “me”) as this actual, physical, organ in my head, including the rivers of neurons running through my body, I realized that my body was of the earth, which meant I was one with everything. Cool, huh?
Fun idea to play with. Who knows where it will go.
What is turning out to be most fun is inventing ways to nourish my subconscious. Forget therapy: delving into the dark, getting in touch with what is already in there. Neuroscientists have discovered that focusing on anything, especially anything negative, just makes it stronger and more embedded. Instead I started focusing on filling the grey matter up with what I want to be in there.
Images and sound are food for the subconscious. The best way to nourish, heal and fill the grey matter with positive images is with spiritual song and dance. I’ve discovered that every time I get out my guitar and practice dances that I am filling my mind organ with goodness. I know for certain that every time we get together to dance that we magnify the energy with each other.
Another reason to get together and dance… so let’s do it.
Our next dance in Lava Hot Springs is November 3 to 4. Who is coming?
We have the hall rented, and the registration form is ready for people to commit to the weekend. It’s actually about six weeks away!
Hope to see you soon.
Love
Zareen
P.S. We almost have enough money for the dance tent and are picking out which one to order. More on that later.