SACRED SPACE

Blaise Pascal wrote, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
I would agree.

I encourage all of my clients to create a space in their day, preferably in the morning, to sit quietly, journal, pray, meditate, do yoga or simply listen.

 I have heard every excuse possible about why this superhuman task is impossible for mere mortals:

• I’m not good at journaling
• I have ADD and can’t sit still
• I’m not good at meditation. My mind wanders too much. 
• I’m not a morning person

I call it Sacred Space and it is supposed to be challenging. Any time set aside time to do personal transformation work is both sacred and worthwhile. What you do during that time isn’t as important as simply making the time to be still, be quiet and listen. The reason I am not so concerned about what you fill the time with is because there are shortcut, magic solutions to life’s challenges. Anything you do will be valuable.

Sacred Space time helps you sharpen your logical mind but it also strengthens your intuition which is a different form of knowing and understanding life. When you exercise these qualities you naturally making better decisions. Better decisions lead to trusting yourself which is a requirement for feeling safe with yourself. By trusting yourself and feeling safe with yourself you are loving yourself. 

Here are three easy steps to get you started. In the beginning don’t make it too fussy or complicated.

STEP ONE: 
Set the alarm 30 minutes earlier than normal

STEP TWO: 
Make some coffee or tea, find a pen, get a journal or yellow legal notepad

STEP THREE: 
Start writing about anything you want. If you are the sarcastic type you could even write, “I don’t know what to write” for three pages. You’ll still get good results.
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That’s it. Once you have made this a daily routine add whatever you want. You might accidentally end up changing the world for the better by sitting quietly in a room alone.