Stigweard

Welcome esoterica, you are obviously in Queensland, I am in Toowoomba so that makes us neighbours!!! Find a seat, how do you like your tea? This might be a good topic to get you started: Taoism / TaoBums FAQ Here's a few polls that are running: What is the Average Age of a Tao Bum? How edumacated are you? Do You Train Martial Arts? And don't forget to pop yourself on the TaoBums Map

Dear Albion/gossamer, You are most welcome my friend. And thank you for the love you have expressed, my 'long-suffering' as you say was only possible through my deep seated love for yourself and compassion for your situation. The seed is now sown my friend, there is an incredible well-spring of life now at your ready access, all you need to do now is open yourself to it, give it root, nuture and care for it, and then enjoy the bounty of the fruits. To help actualise this I would so recommend you keep up with the practices I have shared with you. Oh and you are going to LOVE the talisman I have made for you. My wife is a druid-in-the-making so a lot of her artwork is heavily influenced by traditional Celtic themes. This one is going to talk straight to your heart Many blessings my friend,

For beginners I have found that the best intro to meditation is simply a body awareness exercise where, lying down on your back, you simply gently tense parts of the body and then relax them. You start at the head tensing the facial muscles and relaxing, down the neck, shoulders, arms, hands, chest, abdomen, thighs, calves, feet. Follow this with a few minutes natural breathing. The next exercise is to bring awareness to the body without tensing, same progression. You can also include a seated format where you first become aware of the breath, gently rising and falling, then follow body awareness from top of head, face, neck arms, hands, fingers, chest, abdomen, inner thighs, knees, inside of calves, feet, toes, then back up outside of lower leg, knees, outside of thighs, buttocks, lower back, middle back, shoulders, neck, base of skull, back of skull and up to top of head again. Follow this with some deep diaphramatic breathing into lower abdomen, and some full body breathing. Walking meditation is useful as well where you walk with the focus on being really aware of all sensory data. Mindful listening is another good beginning step. Good luck ... let us know how you go and which ones work the best for your group.

Excellent !! Well done.

I am thrilled to report that the healing ceremony for Gossamer was perfomed on schedule I'd like to thank all of you who sent forth your own beneficial energies to support this process. It has been a joy and a privelege to be involved the way I have. Part of the ceremony was the blessing of a talisman for Gossamer which, after I add the finishing touches to it, I will post off to him to serve as an anchor for the healing energy generated and also as a reminder that he is well loved by the Bums Cheers once again, Stig

Could you explain your comments further please

I'll take that as a compliment shall I? Cheers for the humour we must keep things 'light' yes?

I'll add my avid support for your progress.

who embraced the moon whilst standing on the mountain all around stillness