where do you find comfort?

announcements

• gatherings - i’m thinking about doing some in person gatherings for locals. it would probably include some meditation/energy work as well as a topic that we discuss. let me know if you’d be interested in attending and your availability (days, times of days).

• candle magic - there’s one abrewing, but i haven’t figured out what it is yet. i’ll post it when i start it.

opening “prayer”

check the podcast to get some meditation-style energy work. it goes well with the sermon, but i didn’t read the sermon this time. i was thinking it might be nice to have stand alone meditations so you can use them anytime in any context. let me know what you think.

friday sermon

if you’ve been following my personal journey over the last few months, you know i’ve been going deep into things like nervous system dysregulation and depression. this week, i finally started getting some answers and solutions, which is utterly amazing. just the idea that there is a way out has given me so much hope and lightness. now i get to work out the details and find my way back to even.

i realized last night that a special little “pocket rock” crystal has been with me on this journey. i got it years ago when i was going through my divorce. it connects with the root chakra, and it made sense that as my base of safety, security, and home was falling apart, that i would feel comforted by carrying a nugget of root chakra energy.

at some point a few months ago, i saw the crystal on a shelf, scooped it up, and put it in my pocket again. i didn’t think much of it and figured the reason didn’t matter as much as acting on the impulse and carrying it with me. i would hold it in my hand from time to time, but generally it just stayed in a pocket.

not the actual crystal, just for pretty

earlier this week, it fell out of my pocket, and when i picked it up, it felt like it didn’t belong with me any more. i put it back on the shelf and again, didn’t think much of it. i figured that following my intuition was more important than understanding why. later that day was when i got those answers and solutions i mentioned.

it wasn’t until that evening that i realized how that sweet crystal had carried me through the darkness again. it didn’t fix everything. it didn’t give me the answers. i think it just smoothed out the edges, kept me grounded, and pushed me to keep searching when i wanted to give up.

closing “prayer”

may we take comfort wherever we can find it.

so mote it be.