Death, Impermanence and Meditation

Death, in all it’s senses, seems to be a big theme for many I know recently.

The personal chapters we go through of death and rebirth - going through fires of change. 

Or a loved one leaving their physical body.

Either way, in any kind of death, whether it be physical or metaphorical, we lean into the eternal aspect that underlies it all. The part of us that doesn’t change, that holds the ground, even when everything else seems to crumble away. Or the eternal aspect of our loved one that now sends us messages and lets us know they are still there, just in different ways. 

This eternal aspect I’ve come to call my ‘being’ through many of the teachers I’ve had. Our being is our individual eternal aspect that houses all our experiences and is the part that we move through life with always, but often forget about. That’s the funny thing about something that’s always with you, sometimes it’s so close that you don’t see it. 

Many of us tend to think of the real “I” as our earliest memory of ourselves, yet this is often when our personality is first developing, so we often think of that, rather than the eternal aspect of the real me.

This is where spiritual meditation comes into play. I call it spiritual meditation because all aspects of it are about connecting to our eternal self. 

Yes there’s relaxation, yes it reduces anxiety, but it’s more than that. 

I’ve been through a number of ‘fires’ recently that have felt like death/rebirth moments and I’m always so grateful for my practice, to lean into the deepest aspect of me and find some support and nourishment there, to tap into the spiritual well that reminds me of my strength, my gifts and talents and my ability to thrive and help others and to see things from a higher perspective.

My practice has held me when I’ve been in rivers of tears, when anxiety has crept in and I’ve needed to allow myself to feel it call whilst being cradled by this deep inner presence.
This kind of practice can take time develop, but it’s available to us all, and I teach the aspects of meditation that have been most helpful for me to get to this space in my Level 1 Mediation Course. Like all my offerings, I originally created this course for myself as a way to distill what I’d learnt over the years and as touchstone to come back to remind me of all the magic that meditation holds. 

I find creating things for ourself in this way is the best way to test it out, before offering it to others. I’ve now been sharing this course with over a hundred people and I would be honoured to be able to share it with you also. I feel sharing meditation in this way is one of my greatest gifts and pleasures, and I love hearing and seeing past students really flourishing with their practice and integrating what the’ve learnt into many aspects of their lives.