Week Thirty-Two: Resonating with What Has Meaning for You

One of the important aspects of my morning meditation is at the beginning, when I call to mind spiritual resources and align myself with them for the day. I think of this as a process of attunement, but it could as easily be called prayer, symbolic visualization, or invocation. When I’m beginning a work day, for example, I might align myself with the healing wisdom available in the collective consciousness of humanity as a whole, across all time, from all cultures and traditions, as well as whatever spiritual sources of healing are available to me. I might also attune myself to the essence, or spirit, of compassion. I think of these resources as dynamic, energetic “tones” or frequencies, and I want to resonate with them throughout the day. When I spend time with loved ones, I might begin the day attuning myself to the quality and frequency of the energy or spirit of affection and, also, delight. Then, during the day, I call to mind the qualities and frequencies I attuned to in the morning, and they again come alive for me.

This is a way of using intention to choose a particular “stance” with which to greet and move through the day. Because we can’t control most of what comes our way, it’s useful to know that we can choose how we will meet and move through life’s daily challenges and experiences. Attuning ourselves to particular qualities and ways of being is one means of doing this. Intentions are like magnets, and creating the intention to attune to particular energies, frequencies, and resources makes us magnetic to these qualities and brings them alive in our daily experience. When attuned in this way, our spontaneous responses and reactions emerge infused with these qualities, and can support our engaging events in ways that feel more empowered.

This week’s experiment invites you to take a moment each morning to choose the qualities with which you’d like to resonate during the day, and to consciously identify the sources of inspiration and comfort you’d like to carry in your awareness. Think of it as shifting your frequency to a particular tone, as you might tune a radio to a particular station. In the same way as different kinds of music create different moods, certain thoughts and images create their own, unique responses. Salsa music makes many of us want to dance. Classical music may inspire. In the same way, attuning to various sources of spiritual inspiration and comfort allows us to choose the qualities we wish to bring into our lives in an active and dynamic way.

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