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During your meditation then the next step is to open up your eyes to look at the object again. You’ll likely discover there are a few components in the object which you didn’t pick up the very first time around. Consciously intend to search for these nuances you might have missed. Try to take a look at the things in the object that almost all normal people would not see. Start to look for all of the ‘uninteresting’ parts in the object and then start to bring them into your consciousness.

As soon as you’ve studied the object again, then gently shut your eyes and once more see the object in your mind’s eye. Begin with what you know about the object and then attempt to add various layers to it. Try to see as much detail as you can within your mind’s eye.

Then when you really feel you’ve seen as much depth inside your mind’s eye as you can, next open your eyes and once more and study the object for particulars you may have missed. Then close your eyes again and see that which you can see within your mind’s eye. Performing this detailed inspection of your object, closing your eyes and seeing it in your mind’s eye strengthens your inner vision. You can use this method all through your day whenever you get the chance to strengthen your inner vision even more.

After a certain time period of meditation you will have the ability to see objects inside your mind’s eye whilst having your eyes open. I’ll speak much more about it inside a later chapter but this is when you start unlifting the veil into the other world past the one which we normally see. Nevertheless, within a few months of practicing to see objects inside your mind’s eye you’ll probably discover your internal eyesight has become fairly powerful.

Since you’ve learnt how to see much more clearly within your mind’s eye, try to form an image inside your inner vision of the location you’re feeling drawn to in the wilderness to go on your heart walk.

Performing this visualization before going to your spot begins to create a connection directly with the land. Just like before whenever you get to see a friend, you’ll probably see them inside your mind’s eye and reflect on experiences you’ve had together and feel closer to them. Similarly when starting to tap into the land. You’re forming a more powerful link with the land by visualizing what it’s like to go there. You’re starting to setup an power and connection with the land.

You are able to also do the same together with your hearing. Before heading to the location of my heart stroll, I spend some time listening to what it is like being there. I picture what the birds will sound like. I imagine what the rustle in the wind in the leaves should sound. And I picture what the sound in the earth tends to make beneath my footsteps whilst I walk throughout the bush. Like I am imagining in my mind’s eye not just what I am viewing at the place I am drawn to but additionally what I’m hearing.

Meditation: these methods allow you to speak directly with the land.

Another typical query I get from participants who want a feeling of relaxation is ‘What do you take on a heart stroll?’

There’s not much you’ll need to bring on your heart walk. For instance, all I generally bring is a small notice pad that goes into my back pocket along with a pen. Inside this note pad I’ll usually have my intention written down. Then as insights from the wilderness come through from the wilderness I’ll usually make some notes and sometimes draw a sketch of what I see. I usually discover this assists me later on throughout the integration phase of my heart walk after i am reflecting on all of the messages I have received from nature.

Some people also bring a bottle of drinking water and a few snacks with them when they go on the heart stroll. However I find the less distractions I bring the better. Similarly with shoes and clothes. Generally I’ll go barefoot while on a heart walk as I’m in a position to really feel more of the land via the soles of my feet. And the less clothes I bring, the less I have to worry about taking good care of. The heart walk is more about melting into and becoming 1 with the land rather than insulating ourselves from it.

As I travel towards the land I really feel drawn to, I usually have my little journal pad along with a pen beside me. Throughout this time I usually drive in silence with no radio on. This gives me time and space to dwell further on my intention and to put more energy into it. I find the more power I put in to the intention, the clearer the messages I obtain from the wilderness.

I also discover that as I put time and energy into the intention that initial insights will arrive to me. After i get an insight I pull over and will either write the insight down or draw a small sketch if it is a picture which has come to me. On a variety of events, the messages the wilderness was eager to give me have arrived to me while driving to the spot I felt drawn. On these occasions I thanked the land with my internal voice and turned back with out even stepping 1 foot on the land.

Your heart stroll begins the second you start putting power into your intention. It isn’t so much about heading for a walk through the wilderness. It’s more about being open for the messages the wilderness is trying to give you. The power which you place into your intention is mirrored back to you. The more power you place in, the more is mirrored back in the form of insights, symbols and messages via nature.

After i get to the area of the land I feel drawn to I then invest a bit of time getting into ‘the zone’ and being with the land. I will cover how to get into ‘the zone’ later on within this post however it is basically about making sure you get out of your thoughts, into your senses, tapping into the pull of one’s heart and interpreting the constant messages that the wilderness is giving us. Getting into ‘the zone’ is tapping into the religious world beyond the 1 we usually see.

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I remember time was in quite a slow mode of perception. Like I am fully aware of every second. I was aware of what it was like to be the wave. What it had been to be one of the other surfers within the ocean water. And what it had been like to be the spectators watching along the shore. Totally in ‘the zone’.

I remember flying down the wave almost like I was on a vision quest to do a perfect bottom maneuver. Then going up the wave to do a top turn (… which I’d by no means even thought of doing prior to this day). But this really is what the force was guiding me to complete.

An additional bottom turn which by natural means went into a cut-back as I was then way ahead of the breaking wave. By aligning with the force I was then surfing as I had never ever surfed before. By the point I had come to the white water I felt I had ridden probably the most perfect wave of my life. I also remember laying on my board in the white water and my head was saying ‘Wow! That’s awesome. Imagine what the next wave will be like!’

Nevertheless the pull was to paddle back to shore. So in I went.

As I was walking up the foreshore one of the guys watching from the shore came up to me and asked if I had been the guy surfing the yellow board. I told him that this is my board and sure, it’s yellow.

He asked exactly where I had learnt to surf. I told him I had only been learning to surf for 3-4 months.

‘Wow’ came the reply. ‘You could go on the ASP if you keep this up.’

I then I remembered looking at him in the eyes and remember the words that arrived from my mouth were ‘Thanks, but there’s no need.’ We both laughed.

The message within this story is that extraordinary things happen when you’re within the zone and aligned with the power. Experiences like this occur nearly at will once we enter into the zone. When we turn off the constant chatter within our head and just allow ourselves to go along with the guiding force. For if I had listened to my head that day I most likely would’ve sat around the outside of the surfing pack and probably not even gotten a wave. Rather than allowing the guiding power to give me among the greatest waves of my life.

And from what I can see, it’s the head that usually will get in the way of our organic alignment and also the power that’s continuously guiding us. From what I see this really is usually what occurs within modern civilization. There’s generally a stark disconnect between the lives people are having and the authentic life they had been born to live. And also the continuous pattern that is getting in the way is what happens inside people’s heads. Within the continuous chatter we’re telling ourselves. For it typically throws out our alignment with the guiding force.

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And what I have since found is that this peak spiritual experience of becoming connected and at one with every thing is always there. Even if I feel a perception of anxiety and tension, I understand that underlying these feelings the perception of oneness and connection with all objects within nature is usually there. Just waiting around to tap into again.

For I have been on a 15 yr quest to know what occurred that day and for the weeks afterward. I’ve been to dozens of spiritual workshops, studied countless publications and invested numerous hours in nature meditating, tapping in and recreating the feeling of oneness. From what I’ve found, given the proper conditions and training many people are able to tap into this state inside a couple of hours. It is possible to consciously get out of your mind, into your senses and tap in to the dimension beyond the 1 we normally see.

This fifteen yr quest has resulted in what I these days call The Heart Walk. It works by setting an intention around something you would like clarity on and then immersing your self in the wilderness to tap straight into the wisdom and mystery of the wilderness. You’ll learn how to permit your heart to guide you. You will learn how you can talk with nature and listen to the messages she is constantly giving you. And you will get to feel the perception of oneness and link to all objects that is usually present in nature.

The sense of oneness and linking with all things that day beside the beach within the National Park lasted for around 3 weeks. During this time I remember walking right into a supermarket inside a small country town as I was getting low on meals.

I remember back then sensing what it was like to be everybody inside the grocery store. Like my own perception of identity had dissolved and that I was still everything outside of myself.

For instance, I remember a lady in front of a stand of apples and she quickly grabbed the apples, threw them into a plastic bag and rushed off to obtain her next items. And I comprehended why she did this.

But an older guy then went up to the apple stand and slowly picked up an apple. He took his time to assess the apple, to see if there have been any bruises. If there have been any bad spots around the apple. Whether or not it looked like it might be crunchy or floury. And then gradually placed the apple in his plastic bag. And I also understood why he did this.

Meditation is always the key to forming a spiritual connection with your land.