Cultivating Conscious Contact with Others

As a way to connect, I also walk with friends or my husband in a meditative way. This walk may include conversation or we may commit to silence. Either way, when I take this kind of walk, I like to collect a stone along the way. I have a container I am filling up with these pebbles of connection. As I sit at my desk and try to work via zoom, this container reminds me that I am not alone or as disconnected as I sometimes feel.

What visible reminders do you have to help you focus on your intentions and your reality? Not the reality that others try to tell us is true; but the reality that is our lived experience.

Are we as isolated as the pandemic would have us believe? We have friends who we love to play bridge with, but that has not been possible during lockdown. But guess what? My creative friend found a way for us to play together online.

Can we find a way to increase our conscious contact with God and OTHERS?

No one called you lately? No worries, it turns out that our phones also have the capacity to dial out!

Today, however you find a way for quiet solitude with God, maybe leave that space and reach out to someone who may not be able to reach out to others right now - expecting nothing in return. I know in our insecurity it might feel a bit vulnerable to do so, do it anyway.