Circle of Love

Jalāl ad-Dīn was a Persian poet whose work has touched many hearts.  I am no expert on Rumi but there are many of his quotes that resonate deeply with me and this is one of them.  What does he mean when he tells us to come out of the circle of time and into the circle of love?  Well, as humans we live in a relative world where everything is measured in time.  Yesterday, tomorrow, next week and a personal favourite of mine with the kids, in a minute.

Many of us spend a lot of our time going over past events, usually feeling bad about them, sometimes hurt, sometimes sad, sometimes angry.  Or we spend our time in the future   How will I cope? Where will I find the money for this or that?  What if I die?  What if they leave?  Etc, etc.  And, as a result most of us spend very little time in the only place that actually exists which is now. Both past and future don’t actually exist except in the mind, the past has gone and the future has yet to come, the only time that exists is this moment.  And, it’s called the present for a reason you know, because when we come totally and completely in to the moment we receive the gift of love.   

You just have to look around you to see the impact living in the past and future is having on the world today.  1 in 4 women in the UK at this time are on medication for Depression or Anxiety, I found this statistic really startling when I stumbled upon it recently.  In fact, if I am completely honest it broke my heart.  Many of these women are young mothers, mothers of our next generation and we are teaching them to solve their emotional problems or the busy-ness of their minds with pills.  What impact will this have on future generations? 

We live in the Great British culture of the “stiff upper lip”  where crying or being emotional is still seen by many as a sign of weakness. Many people resist their emotions and don’t listen to their body as it tells them enough is enough and they continue piling more and more “need to do it”, “should do it” and “got to do it’s into their already hectic lives.  Until it all gets too much and they feel like they can’t continue!  As has long been the way they then seek the counsel of the doctor who believes that the best idea is to treat the symptom rather than the cause and offers them tablets which will sort them out.  Hmm…

What if…there was a simpler more effective way with no side effects?

There is and the easiest way to get there is by spending more time completely in the now or the Circle of Love as Rumi describes it. 

There are many techniques which will help you break free from old patterns and begin to live more and more in the now, including Mindfulness and Meditation which are two of my favourites.  Another powerful tool is visualisation which has the added benefit of filling your body with feel good and healing chemicals because your body responds to situations that are both imagined and real.  I’ve put together a little visualisation which will help you step out of the Circle of Time and into the Circle of Love. 

Circle of Love

Find a quiet space where you fill be undisturbed.

Get comfortable in whatever way is right for you.

Close your eyes

Begin focussing on your breath

Count six breaths as they go in and out

Imagine on each out breath you are blowing up a bubble

Every time you blow into the bubble you are breathing Love in to it

Focus on love and filling the bubble with love

As the bubble expands let it surround you until you feel totally immersed in LOVE.

Relax and enjoy the experience

If you wish you can blow the bubble out even further to enclose those you love and care for, they will also benefit energetically from your visualisation.

For maximum benefit I would recommend you do this visualisation technique at least once a day for seven days.  You will feel the benefits immediately, please stop by and share your experiences.

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