Today, during one of our ConsciousU community calls, we did a short envisioning meditation about life in the normal regime, the natural regime1, and a bridge between them, followed by individual sharing and a group conversation. It was a good exercise and a rich exchange which left me with a couple of thoughts and questions that I’m now trying to sort by writing this text.
During the meditation, I saw in my mind the normal regime on the one side and the natural regime on the other side. The normal regime was pretty gray, busy, stressed, and not very much fun. There seemed to be no time and space for pausing and there seemed to be no end to the tasks that needed to get done, always focusing on the next thing to do. The natural regime, in contrast, was much more colorful and slower, with deep breathing, time to be present, and space to truly take in everything around. There was a feeling of peace, joy, and aliveness, as well as a deep sense of gratitude.
Personally, I feel like I’m in the natural regime most of the time. So, when I envisioned the bridge between the two regimes, it almost felt like a threat – an opening that would allow the busyness, stress, and sadness of the normal regime to come into the natural regime.
After hearing from other community members and reflecting on my own thoughts and feelings a bit longer, I started to realize that dividing the world into the normal regime on one side and the natural regime on the other is actually not very helpful. It might just create more separation – and also more tasks and stress – if the goal is to ‘get to the other side’.
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