Testing The Waters

Yesterday morning I awoke early - no - really super early! My eyes just opened WIDE and a desire to meditate began to take over my thoughts. I practice daily meditation but never this early in the morning For clarity's sake we are talking 5am on a SATURDAY MORNING :) I knew my husband and I had a long day ahead of us but my life has taught me to follow my intuition - especially when my reaction to it is "huh?" anyways.... I peel myself out of the comfort of my warm bed - set up my space to meditate. I usually meditate in my office - I feel it helps the energy of the room, motivates focus and helps support creative inspiration by combining work-work energy and spirit-work energy. So. where was I.... okay.... so let me set the stage: I have my sage lit, candles lit and just about to sit when I have this urge to meditate outside, on our patio. IT'S 5am! It's damp. I don't like damp. IT'S COLD! I don't DO cold.  Again ...

Okay, so have you ever heard someone say "This person has great energy" or "There's a great energy in that room" or "I feel bad energy coming from this..." What does it all really mean? I know I've said these statements before, I said it about people, a piece of Art I stood in front of, churches I've visited, houses and rooms I've walked into, etc Take a moment, right now, become still. Bring your attention inward. Can you feel a movement even in your stillness? That's energy. Everything in the world is either energy or matter ("stuff" around us) and even matter, when you really get down to it, is a kind of energy! 'Energy' is a scientific term for SPIRIT But WHAT do we mean when we use the terms "Good (Positive) Energy" or "Bad (Negative) Energy"? I believe it's a catch-all phrase for a feeling that comes from within,  its "our intuition."  NOW BACK t...